Global 2015/16 cotton output is projected at 111.5 million bales, 6 per cent or 7.5 million bales below 2014/15 and the smallest global crop since 2009/10. According to the latest USDA July report, production declines are noted for most ...
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According to the latest USDA report, the 2015 US cotton crop is projected at 14.5 million bales, unchanged since May and 11 per cent below the 2014 crop. “Despite a decrease in planted area reported in the June acreage report, ...
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Lower consumption of cotton will lead to higher ending stocks for both 2014/15 and 2015/16 relative to last month, says the US department of agriculture (USDA) in its estimate for this month’s world cotton supply and demand. For ...
U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channel were flat in May, up just 0.4 percent year on year, at $7.1 billion as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales rose a touch, up ...
Debenhams has issued a trading update for the 15 weeks and the 41 weeks to 13th June 2015, and confirms the business is on track to meet full-year market expectations. Group gross transaction value was up 0.4% for the 15 weeks, and 1.7% ...
In its latest report, USDA has projected the global 2015/16 cotton production to decline 6 per cent from the previous season to 111.3 million bales. “Lower crops are forecast for most major cotton-producing countries in 2015/16, ...
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U.S. soybean planting pace falls behind the five-year average, while the young corn crop condition rating stays idle for the week, according to the USDA. In its weekly Crop Progress Report, the USDA pegged the U.S. corn crop as 91% ...
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Modern Day China Dining Etiquette Expect food to be delivered family-style in large bowls from which each diner serves himself. Avoid showing surprise when these foods appear; westernized Chinese dishes bear no resemblance to foods served ...
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales slumped 5.8 percent year on year to $2.019 billion in March, reflecting the sixth consecutive monthly decline. Jewelry store sales during the first quarter of 2015 have fallen 5.6 percent to $6.266 ...
China's state-owned oil giants Sinopec and China National Petroleum Corp. this month started up dedicated shale gas pipelines that will facilitate deliveries from the only commercial shale gas projects in the country to date as the ...
After an initial testing period of three months on its Eila milk brand, Finnish dairy product market leader Valio has announced its approval of the fully-renewable Tetra Rex Bio-based carton for its Valio Luomu organic milk and sour milk ...
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Driven by currency translation effects that had a positive impact on sales in euro terms, Adidas reported a 17 per cent year over year sales surge in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. In the first quarter of 2015, Adidas Group ...
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The annual rate of inflation across the Group of 20 largest economies increased for the second straight month in March. Economists had forecast a smaller rise in the consumer price index (CPI) to 2.6%. Annual inflation has been running ...
Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has predicted that the semiconductor market is unlikely to return to its seasonal growth pattern until the third quarter of 2015. A seasonal pick-up in demand usually starts ...
Global demand for hard disk drives (HDDs) of all sizes will continually decrease from 561 million units in 2014 to 550 million units in 2015 and further to 538 million units in 2016, according to Taiwan and Shanghai general manager Vincent ...