Europe is likely to remain a net importer of caustic soda as capacity is threatened by the EU's 2017 deadline to make the costly switch to greener technology, Michael Trager, CEO of German PVC producer Vestolit, said this week. "In the ...
Tags: Caustic Soda, chlorine
The European Union (EU) is set to make changes to 'best before' labels for items such as rice, pasta and coffee, as the labels are found to be inappropriate for such food stuffs. Blaming the labeling for food that is being wasted, ...
Tags: Labeling Dates, best Before
The European Union (EU) may scrap mandatory ‘best-before’ dates on long life foods after several member countries blamed the labelling for millions of tons of food being wasted every year. EU agriculture ministers discussed a ...
Tags: Long Life Foods, agriculture
According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in March this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-28) decreased by ...
Tags: Construction Output, EU-28
According to customs statistics, in the first quarter of 2014, the national import and export is 5.9 trillion yuan, fell by 3.7% year-on-year. Among them, the export is 3 trillion yuan, down 6.1%; Imports is 2.9 trillion yuan, down 1.2%; ...
Tags: Economy, Foreign Trade, China
According to the flash estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, during the first quarter this year gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.3 percent in the EU-28, ...
Tags: gross domestic product
Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.7 percent in April this year, up from 0.5 percent in March, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In April 2013, the annual inflation rate was ...
Tags: Euro Area, Annual Inflation
In the first four months of the current year, new car registrations totaled 4,336,013 units in the European Union (EU), with an increase of 7.4 percent year on year, according to the latest figures issued by the European Automobile ...
Tags: Car Registrations, EU markets
The UK Government has blocked the European Union (EU) proposals compelling retailers to introduce labels on meat informing whether prior to slaughtering, the animal had been stunned. In June 2010, the European parliament approved the ...
Tags: EU Proposals, Halal Meat
In March this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.2 percent in the EU-28 as compared with February, while industrial production in February had increased by 0.2 percent in the ...
Tags: Euro Area, Industrial Output
Russia's Rusal produced 883,000 mt of aluminum in the first quarter of 2014, down 12.3% year on year, mainly due to output cuts and mothballed production at certain smelters in Europe and the Urals, the company said Tuesday. Value added ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced its final antidumping (AD) determinations regarding imports of certain alloy steel seamless tubes and pipes for high-temperature and high-pressure applications from the European Union, Japan ...
Tags: AD Duty, Seamless Pipes
Argentina will retroactively cut the duty for biodiesel exported in March from 21.75% to 11.07%, according to Claudio Molina, executive director of the Argentina Association of Biofuels and Hydrogen. The official announcement has yet to ...
Tags: Biodiesel Export, export market
Germany's trade surplus narrowed in March as a drop in exports from Europe's largest economy outpaced a drop in imports. The Federal Statistical Office reported Friday that Germany exported goods worth 91.6 billion euros ($127.81 billion) ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Powder coatings is currently one of the strongest growth sectors in the European coating market. But powder coatings producers and other players in its supply chain will have to continue to be highly innovative to maintain the momentum, ...
Tags: powder coatings, Coatings Market