Chinese companies will face challenges in importing a key raw material for the electrolytic aluminum industry when the Indonesian government introduces new export policies, experts said. Wan Ling, manager of China nonferrous metals at ...
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The European Commission has announced that it has launched an expiry review regarding the antidumping (AD) duty on welded pipe imports from Belarus, China, Russia and Ukraine. The expiry review application was lodged by the Defence ...
According to data released from the national foreign trade ministry, Mdic, Brazil’s heavy plate imports decreased in November to 2,788 tons versus 4,136 tons in the previous month. The figures increased by 4% year on year. From ...
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The Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on December 18 signed an agreement to transfer DSSC (dye-sensitized solar cell) manufacturing technology to Formosa Plastics. Formosa Plastics began DSSC R&D ...
Tags: Formosa Plastics, Lighting
China's economy is finally rebounding from its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis but the shaky recovery could be vulnerable to a new downturn in global trade. Growth rose to 7.9 percent in the three months ending in December, up ...
The US International Trade Commission made its final determination Tuesday in the second sunset review of the antidumping orders (AD) orders on hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, and ...
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The exports of textiles and clothing stagnated in 2012, according to the ‘International Trade Statistics 2013’, published by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The report states that half of the world’s top ten ...
Tags: Textiles, Clothing Exports
The Spanish knitwear industry’s exports increased by 14.3 percent year-on-year during the first nine months of 2013, as per the data released by Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX). According to the ICEX data, exports ...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed the introduction of the Generalized System of Preferences Update for Production Diversification and Trade Enhancement (UPDATE) Act, legislation that would make U.S. imports of ...
U.S. crude oil production will come close to its record high by 2016 as the energy boom continues to reshape the U.S. economy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Monday in a new report. Domestic crude oil production ...
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Two Cambodian companies on Monday signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese companies to invest in the agricultural sector. One deal was inked between Chan Sothea, general director of Cambodia's Century Rice Group, and Ivan, ...
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China will re-introduce an import tax on diesel -- at 1% -- from January 1, 2014, following approval from the State Council, the country's Ministry of Finance said Monday. No reason was given for the change. Diesel had been exempt from ...
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According to data released by the Brazilian foreign trade ministry, Mdic, the country’s imports of seamless steel tubes totaled 10,579 tons in November, slumping by 21% from the previous month. China was the largest supplier of ...
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China imported 173,100 tons of cotton in November 2013, up 32,000 tons or 22.6 percent compared to October, but a decrease of 43 percent year-on-year, according to Customs Statistics, China Cotton Association reported. The average ...
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Greensboro, N.C.-based Burlington, a division of International Textile Group Inc. (ITG), is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. The company was established in 1923 in Burlington, N.C., by J. Spencer Love, who had purchased his ...
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