Much of the talk for manufacturers on the release of their first-half and second-quarter results last week was focused on weakness in Europe and the knock-on effect from the impact of the US drought on corn prices. Elsewhere, Haribo said it ...
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Cutting regulation, reforming agricultural policy and buying British will boost the UK food industry and help create jobs, Owen Paterson, the new Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has said. ...
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The US government has again cut its forecast for corn yields as the impact of the worst drought in the country for 50 years becomes clearer. Washington said the US corn yield is set to be the lowest since 1995-96, sending futures to a ...
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Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/4/2012 7:11:00 AM New enhancements for 3M-Matic case sealers address a variety of packaging challenges common to the apparel, floral, agricultural, fulfillment or food ...
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Swiss chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has announced that its cocoa bean supplier Biopartenaire has gained Rainforest Alliance Certification. Barry Callebaut noted that Biopartenaire works with cocoa farmers across 292 ...
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Speech by the Commander of XPCC Established in 1954, undertaking responsibilities of guarding the frontier and cultivating the frontier areas entrusted by the state, XPCC is a special social organization implementing direct planning by ...
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(i) GDP Data In 2005, XPCC realized a total output value of 33.112 billion Yuan including an output value of primary industry of 13.064 billion Yuan, that of secondary industry of 8.335 billion Yuan, that of tertiary industry of 11.713 ...
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(i) State-level development Zone-Shihezi Economic Development Zone Established with the approval from the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in 1992, established as a state-level development zone with the approval ...
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Swiss commodities trader Glencore International has announced that it has received approval from the Canadian government for C$6.1bn ($6.01bn) acquisition of grain handler Viterra. Glencore, which has been in discussion with the ...
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(i)Policy and Administrative Rules Catalogue of Related Laws Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China Customs Law of the People's Republic of China Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity ...
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(i) GDP In 2005, the GDP of Xinjiang reached RMB 260.4 billion yuan, 19% of which was produced by the primary industry, 44.7% by the secondary industry and 36.3% by the tertiary industry. The per capita GDP was RMB 13,108 yuan, equal to ...
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Speech by the Chairman of the Autonomous Region Located in the southwest frontier of the People's Republic of China, Tibet serves as an important gateway to South Asia. Tibet is an ethnic minority autonomous region where the Tibetan ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,21 commodities increased in prices, 20 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 07/12/2012.The largest rises were PTA (1.22%),PET (0.96%),Coke (0.83%),while the largest falls were ...
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Speech by the Chairman of the Autonomous Region Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), situated in the northern border area of China, possesses unique regional advantage and consummate infrastructure. With abundant resources it enjoys ...
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(i) Data on GDP In 2005 GDP in IMAR came to RMB 389.5 billion yuan with GDP per person being RMB 16,331 yuan, which equals $ 2,028 dollars by the current exchange rate. The industrial structures have been further optimized, and the ...
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