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China Finished Steel Exports to Latin American Raised in July

Sep 12, 2014

Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the January-July period of this year Latin America's finished steel imports from China increased by 60 percent year on year to 4.7 million metric tons. Latin America ...

Tags: Finished Steel, flat steel

Average Finished Steel Price in China Down 0.3%

Sep 12, 2014

On September 10, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (September 1-7) the overall average finished steel price in China was down 0.3 percent week on week. In the given week, the average prices of high-speed ...

Tags: finished steel, nickel, non-ferrous metals

China's PPI Decreased by 1.2% Year on Year

Sep 12, 2014

In August this year, China's producer price index (PPI) decreased by 1.2 percent year on year and was down 0.2 percent month on month, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on September 11. Meanwhile, in ...

Tags: PPI, capital goods, raw material

China's Total Foreign Trade Value up 4%

Sep 9, 2014

In August of the current year, China's total foreign trade value amounted to $367.094 billion, indicating a year-on-year increase of 4.0 percent, according to the Chinese customs authorities on September 8. In the given period, the total ...

Tags: China's foreign trade, China's export

China Try to Get The World's Biggest Population to Buy More Stocks

Sep 7, 2014

China's state-run media are trying to do something the securities industry has failed to accomplish for much of the past three years: get the world's biggest population to buy more stocks. The official Xinhua News Agency published at ...

Tags: Stocks, China economy

The Growth of Chinese Manufacturing Activity Decreased in August

Sep 6, 2014

Chinese manufacturing activity growth slowed in August, losing momentum for the first time in six months after having hit its highest level in more than two years. The official purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 51.1 last ...

Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery

PMI for The Chinese Steel Sector Was at 48.4 Percent Down by 0.2 Percentage

Sep 2, 2014

In August this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector was at 48.4 percent, down by 0.2 percentage points as compared to July, still below the 50 percent threshold, as announced by the China Steel Logistics ...

Tags: Steel Sector, Mineral

The PMI for China's Manufacturing Sector Was at 51.1 Percent in August

Sep 2, 2014

The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 51.1 percent in August of the current year, down 0.6 percentage points compared to July and indicating the first correction after five consecutive months of ...

Tags: PMI, manufacturing sector

ASSOCHAM and SMEs of China Have Inked Five MoUs in Different Sectors to Promote SMEs

Aug 29, 2014

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of China have inked five MoUs in different sectors, including textiles and machines for garment industry, to promote and help the ...

Tags: ASSOCHAM, SMEs, Textile

Taiwan Unemployment Rate at 4.02% in July

Aug 25, 2014

Taiwan had 464,000 jobless citizens in July 2014, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 4.02% which rose by 0.10 ppt on month but dropped by 0.23ppt on year, according to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). ...

Tags: taiwan, economy

China Manufacturing Weakens in August

Aug 25, 2014

Growth in China's vast manufacturing industry weakened in August, suggesting that the recovery in the world No. 2 economy is losing momentum and Beijing may need to spoon out more stimulus. The preliminary version of HSBC's manufacturing ...

Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery

China PMI Decreased to The Three-Month Low

Aug 22, 2014

In August this year, the China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) decreased to 50.3, the lowest level of the past three months, down from July's final reading of 51.7, as announced by the HSBC on August 21. In ...

Tags: PMI, sluggish demand

Ministry of Health to Speed up Medical Industry

Aug 21, 2014

China's ministry of health stated on Monday that it will seek to speed up the development of the country's medical device industry and promote wider use of local products to "effectively control unreasonable increases in the cost of medical ...

Tags: medical device, medical care

Offshore Investors Rally Behind Undervalued Stocks

Aug 21, 2014

Billions of dollars are flowing into Hong Kong's Yuan-denominated exchange-traded funds as offshore investors rally behind China's undervalued stocks, Reuters reported, citing data from researcher Morningstar. As a scheme to allow more ...

Tags: Offshore Investors, Undervalued Stocks

Bank of China Plans a RMB30.7 Billion Bond Sale

Aug 21, 2014

Bank of China, China's fourth biggest lender, plans a RMB30.7 billion (US$5 billion) bond sale that will be the largest of all tier-1 notes in the country, Bloomberg reported. Bank of China plans to issue the bonds in various currencies, ...

Tags: Bank of China, Bond Sale