China’s decelerating economy is weighing on the country’s small businesses, which account for 60% of its gross domestic product. According to a survey by China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce, 60% of ...
According to the data released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA), Japanese new ship export orders in March this year decreased by 4.55 percent on tonnage basis compared to February, amounting to 47 ships, unchanged from ...
Tags: Japanese shipbuilders, ship export
In March this year, the average aggregate daily crude steel output in China amounted to 2.2661 million mt, up 2.2 percent compared to the average daily figure recorded in the January-February period this year and constituting a new record ...
Tags: Crude Steel, NBS
In March of the current year, total fixed asset investments (excluding rural households) in China amounted to RMB 6.8322 trillion ($1.115 trillion), up 17.6 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) ...
Tags: Fixed Asset, rural households
China's gross domestic product (GDP) indicated a year-on-year increase of 7.4 percent to RMB 12.8213 trillion ($2.1 trillion) in the first quarter of the current year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on April 16. ...
In March this year, total real estate investments in China amounted to RMB 1.5339 trillion ($0.25 trillion), up 16.8 percent year on year, with this growth rate down 2.5 percentage points compared to the year-on-year increase rate recorded ...
In March this year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 8.8 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on April 16, with this growth rate 0.2 percentage points higher than that ...
Tags: Industrial Output, finished steel
The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton projections for 2013/14 indicate that global 2013/14 cotton consumption is estimated at 109.5 million bales, 3 percent (3 million bales) above the preceding year. Although rising for a ...
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose one point to 47 in April from a downwardly revised March reading of 46 on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). ...
Tags: Construction
Singapore's gross domestic product grew 5.1% on the year in the first quarter of 2014, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by the Ministry of Trade and Industry. On a quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted annualized ...
The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack reported a net loss of $3.3 million on net sales of $495.7 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 ended Feb. 2, 2014. In the year-ago quarter, the company reported a net loss of $14.5 million and net ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories
Aimed at the tourist gift market, the new range was produced using Smurfit Kappa's T Flute micro flute. The packs consist of a fleet of 3 Grandma Wilds Campervans, packed full of clotted cream fudge, bitesize chocolate chip or bitesize ...
China's producer price index (PPI) decreased by 2.3 percent year on year and was down 0.3 percent month on month, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on April 11. Meanwhile, in March Chinese industrial ...
By 2020, the global middle class will almost double to 3.2 billion people, and as the middle class grows, particularly in emerging markets, so will their demand for high-tech gadgets, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, economy
U.S. cotton estimates include lower production and ending stocks compared with last month. Production is reduced 320,000 bales to 12.9 million based on USDA's final Cotton Ginnings report, released March 25. Domestic mill use and exports ...