The Pakistani Government’s inability to fulfill the commitment of releasing Pk Rs. 188 billion for the implementation of the Textiles Policy 2009-2014, has rendered the policy ineffective, said Textiles Secretary Rukhsana Shah during ...
Tags: Textile Policy, textile industry
A delegation of textile entrepreneurs from Pakistan’s Faisalabad recently visited the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, with the aim of cooperating in the textile sector. According to a statement issued by the Federation of ...
Tags: textile, textile sector, apparel industry
Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced that Turkey's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013 grew by 10.2 percent to TRY 1.56 trillion ($820 billion) in current prices and by four percent in constant prices to TRY 122.39 billion ($57 ...
Tags: GDP, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The U.S. economy grew at a 2.6 percent annual rate in the October-December quarter, slightly more than previously estimated, as consumer spending rose at the fastest pace in three years. The fourth-quarter growth rate was a bit stronger ...
Tags: U.S.economy, BMO Capital Markets
Toray Industries is bolstering production of high-performance fibers in emerging countries in Asia to reap the benefits of anticipated demand growth. “Textiles is a growth industry if you look at it on the global scale,” said ...
Tags: Textiles, expanding emerging markets, strengthening supply systems
Highway traffic congestion in the United States grew 6% in 2013 compared with the previous year, more than three times the rate of inflation, according to traffic tracking firm Inrix Inc. The rate compared with the gross domestic product ...
Tags: Transportation, Highway
Americans spent more in January, but the increase came from a surgeA transient variation in the current and/or potential at a point in the circuit. in spending on heating bills during the harsh winter. Spending in areas such as autos and ...
Tags: Energy Costs, durable goods
The federal government substantially lowered its estimate of how much the U.S. economy grew in the fourth quarter to reflect more comprehensive data showing consumer spending grew more slowly than first thought. Real gross domestic ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The drop in net imports of oil (crude and petroleum products combined) was the major contributor to the United States reaching its lowest net trade deficit in November 2013 since 2009, although the trade deficit increased in the final month ...
Tags: lowest net trade deficit, stagnating domestic product demand
The U.S. economy increased at a revised 2.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter, down from an originally reported 3.2% gross domestic product figure, the Commerce Department reported. The reading was lower than economists' median forecast ...
Tags: Transportation
On a typical evening in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City, the neon-lit Aeon Mall Tan Phu Celadon bustles with shoppers arriving on motorcycles and in taxis. Crowds fill every corner of the new mall, with a takeout sushi store in particular ...
Tags: Consumer Market, Electronics
Ambiente 2014: Running Successfully Published on : Monday, February 10, 2014 Ambiente continues on its successful course as it has opened its doors on February 7, 2014 at Messe Frankfurt. One of world’s leading trade fairs in ...
Tags: METI, Ambiente, GfK, Tarek Al-Wazir
A group of U.S. hardwood plywood producers is seeking a judicial review of the International Trade Commission's decision not to pursue an antidumping case against Chinese hardwood plywood producers, which the U.S. companies say are selling ...
Tags: Plywood, Furniture, Construction
According to the flash estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, during the fourth quarter last year gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.4 percent in the EU-28, ...
India is currently the fifth largest economy of the world and is developing at a fast pace. The maximum growth is reported from the construction sector and minimum growth is observed from the agriculture sector. The primary industrial ...