On September 17, 2013, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) releases the Notice on Continuing the Promotion of New-energy Vehicle (the Notice hereinafter) jointly issued by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of ...
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Good government policies can help propel an industry forward but bad ones can hinder development. Although China’s policies are aimed at developing the LED industry, the subsidies have gotten out of control recently, said LEDinside ...
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In November this year, Japan's iron and steel products exports amounted to 3.36 million metric tons, increasing by 2.56 percent year on year and up by 6.40 percent compared to October this year. Meanwhile, Japan's steel imports totaled ...
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China will re-introduce an import tax on diesel -- at 1% -- from January 1, 2014, following approval from the State Council, the country's Ministry of Finance said Monday. No reason was given for the change. Diesel had been exempt from ...
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China's Ministry of Finance said Monday the country's export tax on indium will be lowered to 2% in 2014 from the current 5%. The cut follows years of lobbying by Chinese producers, who claim the tax has encouraged smuggling. China ...
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China’s Ministry of Finance has announced the sliding-scale tariff plan for import of cotton in 2014. The tariff, applicable for cotton imports excluded from volume under import quotas, is as follows: a. If the cotton import ...
San’an announced on December 13th after market hours that the company’s subsidiary Fuzhou San’an received RMB 13.60 million (US $2.34 million) sapphire substrate subsidy under “three technology projects” from ...
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China will adjust some of its customs duties on Jan. 1, 2014 to aid economic restructuring and achieve balanced trade growth, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday. Tariffs on some 760 imported commodities will be lowered by an ...
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AEPC organized its annual export award function 2013 for outstanding export performance for the year 2012-13, at apparel house, Gurgaon. Dr. K S Rao, Union Textiles Minister, came to deliver awards in presence of Smt. Zohra Chatterji, the ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, Textile
According to data released by Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance, the country’s export values of iron and steel totaled US$1.33 billion in November, rising by 7.75% year on year but falling by 14.61% from the previous month. In ...
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In November this year, the value of Taiwan's iron and steel exports increased by 7.75 percent year on year and decreased by 14.61 compared to October to $1.33 billion, according to the preliminary statistics issued by Taiwan's Ministry of ...
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China is extending an existing tax exemption on imported gas to new sources of foreign pipeline gas and imported LNG. The Ministry of Finance announced on Monday that the tax exemption will be granted to pipeline imports from Myanmar, ...
China has fine-tuned its tax preferential policy for natural gas imports, adding three gas import projects to the list, said a joint statement released by State agencies including Ministry of Finance Monday. A pipeline pumping natural gas ...
According to data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance, the country’s exports of iron and steel products totaled 3.28 million tons in October, down by 1.56% year on year and falling by 5.1% form a month ago. Meanwhile, the ...
In October this year, Japan's iron and steel products exports amounted to 3.28 million metric tons, decreasing by 1.56 percent year on year and down by 5.10 percent compared to September this year, while Japan's steel imports totaled ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral