Why did the significant growth observed in Turkish steel output following the 2008 economic crisis start to be replaced by reduced outputs this year? Will this declining trend in output slow down in the remainder of the year? After 2008, ...
Tags: Steel Output, Finished Steel
Vietnam was among the five biggest cotton importers in the world when it planned to import about 600, 000 tons in 2013, according to the Vietnam Cotton and Yarn Association on Wednesday. In the first nine months of this year, the country ...
Tags: Cotton Importers, Yarn
Brazilian ethanol exports to US plunged in September to 139.4 million liters (37 million gallons), down 51% from August's 2013 peak and down 53% on September 2012, Secretariat of Foreign Trade data Tuesday showed. The volume sent to the ...
South Korea has imposed ban on the imports of beef from the US after finding a banned feed additive, zilpaterol, in a 22-ton meat shipment. Zilpaterol is a feed ingredient used to boost marketable meat in cattle. Due to raising concerns ...
Tags: Beef Imports, banned feed additive
Oil producers are currently doing a good job of balancing world oil market fundamentals, but it is too early to say if OPEC will leave crude production levels unchanged when it next meets in December, UAE oil minister Suhail al-Mazrouei ...
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India's second-largest importer of potash Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd. (534742.BY) expects to renegotiate annual import contracts for the key fertilizer ingredient at a discount by this month, a move that is likely to induce other major global ...
Tags: Potash Importer, Import Deals
U.S. refiners are selling more fuel abroad than ever before, effectively exporting the American energy boom to the four corners of the world. As crude production soars in places like the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas, U.S. refiners ...
Tags: U.S.refiners, Mineral
World oil demand will rise by 1.1% this year to 90.26 million barrels a day, with gains coming from countries outside of the major industrialized nations, a U.S. government forecast said Tuesday. The Energy Information Administration said ...
Tags: Oil Demand, Oil Use
The imports of cotton by Vietnam have increased both in terms of value and volume during the first eight months of the current year, according to data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs. From January to August 2013, Vietnam ...
Tags: Cotton Imports, Textile
The Spanish textiles Export Price Index (IPRIX) for the month of August 2013 shows a decline of 1.3 percent year-on-year, according to the data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The IPRIX for the overall exports in ...
Tags: Textile Export, Textile
China Resources Enterprise (CRE), the state-backed supermarket chain, is reportedly looking at options for its Hong Kong meat distribution unit, Ng Fung Hong, including a possible sale. The move comes as the retailer seeks to bid for ...
Pakistan's iron and steel scrap imports amounted to 180,125 mt in August this year, increasing 15 percent compared to July and up seven percent year on year, according to data released by the Pakistan Federal Bureau of Statistics (PFBS). ...
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In July this year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports saw an increase of 28 percent as compared to July last year, amounting to 41,359 metric tons, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). This figure ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Mineral
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's hot rolled (HR) flat steel exports totaled 1.27 million metric tons in August this year, increasing by 1.9 percent month on month and up 6.6 percent compared to August ...
Tags: HR Flat Steel, Mineral
According to the provisional data released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, in August this year Japan's iron and steel product exports came to 3.7 million metric tons, increasing by 2.4 percent month on month and up 1.3 percent as ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Iron Steel