Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has requested the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to open a new institute for printing and packaging technology in Pakistan. The union has suggested that the institute should ...
Fortress Paper Ltd. announces that that China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") has made a preliminary determination to impose an interim duty on the import of Canadian dissolving pulp into China. The interim duty applied against the ...
Tags: Fortress, Anti-Dumping Duty
The import of Turkish stainless steel coil still kept robust about 41,700 tons in September. According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) data, it was only 200 tons less than the imports in August. The lower price coils from East Asian ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Steel Coil
Turkey has increased its import duty for stainless steel cold rolled flat products from two percent to eight percent, effective immediately, for all countries except the European Union and South Korea with which Turkey has signed free trade ...
Tags: Stainless CRC, stainless steel cold rolled flat, Metallurgy, Mineral
The government is expected to raise import duty on refined edible oil to 10%, from 7.5% at present, to protect the domestic oil refining industry. A Cabinet note regarding this has already been circulated by the Food Ministry, sources ...
Tags: Chemicals
Rising raw material prices and the crash of the rupee has badly mauled India's plastic industry, according to the country's largest plastics trade association. "[The] future of over 50,000 manufacturing units and four million jobs are at ...
Tags: Plastics Industry, Polymer Costs
One year on from establishing its pan-European headquarters in London, Sharp Energy Solutions Europe confirms its commitment to the European solar market with an announcement that its PV factory is running at near full production (400 MW). ...
Tags: Solar, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It's reported that Feng Hsin, one of the major wire rod makers in Taiwan announced to remain its 209 wire rod prices unchanged on September 2nd. Although Feng Hsin hiked its rebar and scrap price by NT$200/ton for this week, the company ...
Tags: Wire Rod, Construction
Global efforts to battle trade protectionism need to be reinforced to help shield the fragile economic recovery across the world. In a report released today, the European Commission identified about 150 new trade restrictions introduced ...
Tags: economy
In response to the decision of Brazil's Ministry of Finance to reduce the import duty rates on 100 items including steel products, the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr) said that lower import duty rates will negatively affect the Brazilian ...
Tags: Steel Institute, Duty Rates
The textile sector in Africa is one of the ancient textile industries in the world with highly skilled workers but the industry lost its pride due to several reasons and currently it is faced with several challenges. The textile and apparel ...
According to data released by Brazil’s customs, Brazil imported 97,000 tons of steel products in June, slumping by 36% from May. Industry source indicated that the slumped import of steel products was caused by depreciated ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Mineral
The Union Minister of Textiles Dr. K.S.Rao held a meeting with the stake holders of Wool and Carpet Industry to prepare a road map to increase the woollen and carpet export. During the discussion, major issues related to growth of the ...
The Customs Tariff Commission of China has decided to levy antidumping duties on the toluidine originating in the EU for five years from June 28, 2013. Relevant matters are hereby announced: 1. As of June 28, 2013, as regards the ...
Tags: Antidumping, EU Toluidine
The demand made by the European Union (EU) to reduce import duty levied on European wine by the Indian government is sending jitters through the domestic wine industry. The Indian Grape Processing Board (IGPB) fears a cut in the duty would ...
Tags: Wine Industry, Import Duty