Sales of the largest sporting goods retailers reached $86,269 million in 2013 against $81,646 million the prior year, an increase of 5.7% in US$ and 6.8% in local currency compared to an impressive 10.2% growth rate in the prior year. ...
Tags: sporting goods, Developed markets
Brazil and the U.S. have ended a longstanding trade battle. The two countries have been fighting since 2002 over subsidies that the U.S. government provides to U.S. cotton growers. Brazil brought a case against the U.S. charging that the ...
Tags: trade battle, subsidies
Twin textile trade shows Yarnex- India International Yarn Exhibition and TexIndia- Textile Sourcing Fair which was held in Tirupur earlier this month witnessed a 25 percent increase in visitor numbers, who came from India as well as foreign ...
The rains have been abundant in most of the cotton growing areas. However, in certain parts of Rajasthan and Haryana, there may have been some damages to the cotton crop, informs the latest fortnightly report from the Indian Cotton ...
Tags: Cotton, rains, Cotton prices
Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is poised to play a substantial role in fulfilling the need for increased power generation capacity across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. According to Solarbuzz, the total PV project ...
The 9th World Manager Summit Meeting was held in Hong Kong on Sept. 24, 2014, and top 500 Asian brands were revealed during the meeting, and Linglong Tire ranked the 353th, and this is the first time for Linglong Tire to be listed on the ...
Australia-based Ausenco Limited has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary has been awarded the contract to deliver engineering, procurement and construction services for Brazilian miner Ferrous Resources' US$1.28 billion expansion of the ...
Tags: Ferrous Resources, Iron Ore
In August this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 24.82 million mt, increasing by 0.27 percent year on year and by 9.03 percent compared to July, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of ...
Tags: Iron Ore, domestic market
Clariant has announced the inauguration of its new Malaysian laboratories for Oil Services and Pigments businesses. The new lab facilities are located in Shah Alam, Malaysia and the opening of the lab facilities signifies Clariant's ...
Tags: Clariant, Lab Facilities, Construction
Subsidies to the cotton industry have declined in 2013/14 compared to a year earlier, according to a new report released by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC). The report titled ‘Production and Trade Policies ...
Tags: Cotton Industry, cotton
Global crude steel production in August this year increased by 1.4 percent year on year to 134.96 million metric tons, while a 1.36 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). ...
Tags: crude steel, steel production
C-Vale will use Zip-Pak Brazil’s flexible packaging solution for its Aurora Auroggets line to enhance the quality and freshness. Zip-Pak worked in collaboration with Plastrela which is the convertor and supplier of the resealable, ...
Tags: Zip-Pak Packaging, fasteners
Brazil iron ore producer Vale, which has not been allowed to dock its ships at Chinese ports, could soon get permission to unload. According to media reports, the Chinese shipping industry, led mainly by Cosco, worked hard to keep out the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
The Brazilian cotton trade has turned cautious in the just concluded fortnight, mainly from price volatility in Brazil, rise in global prices in early September and the dollar valuation against Brazilian currency real, which has also led to ...
According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the January-August period this year amounted to 22.62 million metric tons, one percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel output ...
Tags: Brazilian Steel, Export, Metallurgy