The Ministry of Commerce released its Announcement No. 33, on August 28, 2015, and decided to start the final review on countervailing measures against imported chicken from the United States from August 30, 2015. The Ministry of Commerce ...
On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
Tags: goods, services, trad, investment
Mainly benefiting cost savings from utilization of in-stock raw materials procured earlier at lower prices, Taiwan-based China Steel Corp. (CSC), the island's largest steelmaker by size, therefore chalked up a 54-percent growth in pretax ...
Tags: raw material, global market, coking coal, iron ore
Sika is continuing to increase its production capacity in Russia through new and expansion investments. In Volgograd, in southern Russia, a mortar factory and a plant to produce concrete admixtures are being opened. At the existing site in ...
Tags: concrete admixtures, polymers
The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has hailed the restoration of GSP Plus programme by the US for Pakistan, describing it a highly positive development for the economy of Pakistan. In a press release, it said the US ...
Tags: Pakistan's exports, US market
The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Ghana will begin the task of restructuring the apparel industry to attract investors, and build a sustainable source of foreign exchange inflows. As a part of the revamping process, the Ministry plans ...
Tags: Apparel Industry, apparel
Companies opt to relocate plants to Southeast Asia to cut labor costs, reports Lyu Chang. The label of "made in China", which was synonymous with the global solar industry, is in danger of fading out as a growing number of firms move ...
Tags: solar industry, silicon cells, solar panel
The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of flax or linen fabric having flax content of more than 50 per cent, originating in or exported from China and Hong Kong. ...
Tags: Linen Fabric, Anti-dumping duty
Vietnam and EU have agreed in principle on a trade and investment agreement, the most ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country, the European Commission said on its ...
All GSP eligible merchandise including textiles will benefit from the US government's announcement of extending the benefit under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to developing countries. In a notice issued on 28 July, the ...
Tags: textiles, GSP programme
The Chinese government will allow prices of several agricultural goods to float freely in the market in an "historic adjustment," state media reported Tuesday, as high domestic prices struggle to cope with a downtrend in the global ...
The final ruling of U.S.’s review of 2012 anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) against certain Chinese PV cells addressed the importance of PV capacities in countries out of China and Taiwan. The AD/CVD rates for PV cells ...
Auto-ID solutions provider SATO has launched a new lineup of industrial label printers for basic, lower volume applications in retail, healthcare, manufacturing and logistics sectors. The Argox X-2300E 4" 203dpi thermal transfer printer, ...
Textile and apparel exports from the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia are set to benefit as the Malaysia-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (MTFTA) will come into effect on August 1, 2015, according to Malaysian media reports. The MTFTA ...
Tags: textile manufacture, apparel and clothing, MTFTA, apparel exports
On June 18, the DOC issued a preliminary All-China rate of 363.31%, which would apply to all Chinese manufacturers that do not qualify for a lower separate duty rate. This rate would apply to shipments made from April 1, 2014 through Sept. ...
Tags: DOC, melamine products