China plans to seal free trade agreements with 40 percent of the countries and regions along the Belt and Road Initiative in 2017, officials said on Tuesday. The nation had already established FTAs or is in talks with 25 countries and ...
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On August 16, an asphalt tanker BIT REDO was loaded with 7,160 tonnes of asphalt, which was produced by Sinopec Jinling Company and would be transported to Fiji and New Zealand from Nanjing, China.
The president of the United Nations General Assembly's office has received a makeover from Danish furniture brand Republic of Fritz Hansen. Currently occupied by Mogens Lykketoft who also comes from Denmark, the office is located at the ...
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Two new studies, separately released this week from Roy Morgan Research and Euromonitor International respectively, show how bottled water consumption is increasing in both Australia and the US. Over 5 million Australians drank bottled ...
Tags: Bottled Water, Bottled Water Consumption, Roy Morgan Research
The China Cultural Center in Fiji was jointly inaugurated by senior Chinese and Fijian officials on Dec 15, 2015. The China Cultural Center in Fiji was jointly inaugurated by senior Chinese and Fijian officials on Tuesday, taking cultural ...
A delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited the Samoa Observer Vaitele yesterday. The visit was the first stop by the team of experts who are in Samoa to learn more about the socioeconomic development of the ...
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Four islands in Fiji, Greece, the United Kingdom and Canada were put up for auction on China's largest online shopping platform Taobao, with three of them sold within 12 hours. Any Chinese citizen who put up a 1,000 yuan ($159) deposit ...
Tags: Islands, Taobao, Wealthy Chinese, ownership
China’s trade and economic relations with Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island countries maintained a steady development in 2014. In November 2014, President Xi Jinping paid state visits to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, and ...
Tags: China-Oceania Trade, agriculture, husbandry, aquatic products
While increased offshoring of manufacturing might be hurting the packaging supply chain, there is still “enormous potential growth in the packaging sector both sides of the Tasman”. This is the view of Greg Chapman, managing ...
With the implementation of the Developing Country (DC) Preferences by the Australian Government from 1 January 2015, garments made in Fiji now have improved access to the Australian market. The DC Preferences replaces the earlier South ...
Tags: raw materials, textile, clothing, footwear industry, Apparel
Premium water brand Fiji Water has launched its iconic square bottle designed products to Coles stores nationally. The water brand is available now in Coles supermarkets nationally in the 1 litre size. “We’re excited to ...
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American softdrink company Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) has acquired Davis Beverage Group and Davis Bottling for an undisclosed amount. The transaction provides DPS with a 42-county distribution territory in eastern Pennsylvania, excluding ...
Tags: Davis Beverage, Davis Bottling, Agriculture
Australia Solid Wood Flooring (HS: 440929) Import Trend Analysis from Jan. to September in 2013 From Jan. to September in 2013, Australia's import value of solid wood flooring amounted to 119 million US dollars, with a decrease of 19.00% ...
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Turkey's Bilkent University has used hollow-cathode plasma-assisted atomic layer deposition (HCPA-ALD) to make gallium nitride (GaN) thin-film transistors (TFTs) at temperatures below 250°C [S. Bolat et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol104, ...
Tags: HCPA-ALD GaN Thin-film transistors, Electrical, Electronics, Transistors
Bread and snack food manufacturer Goodman Fielder has announced it expects its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in the 2014 financial year to be approximately 10 to 15 per cent lower than the previously expected $180 million. The ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food