Air freight rates from Asia are expected to rise through to the end of the year following four months of stable pricing, according to a report published by shipping consultancy Drewry. Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index, a ...
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In October this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector was at 46.0 percent, up by 2.4 percentage points as compared to September, but still remaining below the 50 percent threshold, as announced by the China ...
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In the January-September period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 618.00 million mt, up 2.3 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The growth rate in ...
The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for jewelry declined 3.8 percent year on year to 172.35 points in September, although it was the highest reading since January. The CPI for watches, meanwhile, rose 1.9 percent to 125.29 points, marking ...
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in September this year Turkish producers' foreign sales price index (PPI)* in general increased by 0.31 percent from August and was up 6.88 percent year on ...
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed confidence that a low and stable inflation rate would be soon attained. Reacting to the data released for Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and consumer price inflation for September 2014, ...
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The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for jewelry declined 4.5 percent year on year to 171.97 points in July. However, the reading has been slowly inching higher since the index reached the lowest point of the year so far at 169.36 points in ...
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U.S. jewelry and watch sales rose 4.3 percent year on year in July, according to preliminary government calculations, representing the strongest monthly gain so far this year. Earlier this month, and beginning with June's provisional sales ...
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The decline in cotton price and slowing demand for apparel and other textile products in key North American and European markets have put tremendous pressure on synthetic pricing in the past several months. The global synthetic fiber price ...
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In September this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector was at 43.6 percent, down by 4.8 percentage points as compared to August, still below the 50 percent threshold and falling to the lowest level of the ...
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The production and sales of coal declined in the first eight months in China, according to the China Coal Industry Association Sunday. China produced 2.52 billion tonnes of coal from January to August this year, down 1.4 percent from the ...
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In the January-August period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 550.10 million mt, up 2.6 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The growth rate in question ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in August this year Turkish producers' foreign sales price index (PPI)* in general increased by 1.17 percent from July and was up 9.82 percent year on year, ...
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As of September 15, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 109.65 million mt, up 590,000 mt or 0.54 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on September 8, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on ...
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According to data released by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) on September 15, as of the end of August (August 31) the composite steel price index (CSPI) for the Chinese domestic market was at 90.63 points, down 1.25 points or ...
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