Construction materials prices decreased 0.1 percent in June and are virtually unchanged for the quarter, according to the July 12 Producer Price Index report by the U.S. Labor Department. Year over year, construction materials prices are ...
China's investment in Africa has increased 30-fold since 2005, a commerce official said Thursday. According Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian, who spoke at a press conference in Beijing Thursday, the investment was divided amongst ...
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Weakness in the global economy, component shortages, sluggish demand for Windows 8 and the popularity of tablets all contributed to another double-digit percentage decline for the global PC market in the second quarter. PC shipments in ...
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Within five years, higher manufacturing exports due to a widening cost advantage over China and other major economies could add $20 billion to $60 billion in output to Mexico's economy annually. And due to the North America Free Trade ...
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Chinese exports declined 3.1% year-on-year in June, while imports fell 0.7%, missing expectations of respective increases of 4% and 8%, Reuters reported. The month marked the first decline in exports since January 2012. Export growth is ...
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According to the statistics provided by the Turkish Steel Pipe Manufacturers Association (CEBID), in the first half of this year Turkey's steel pipe exports maintained its uptrend on a limited scale against the backdrop of the sluggish ...
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According to the Turkey's Steel Exporters' Association (CIB), the slowdown in the global economy, the falling demand from export markets and the general falling prices of commodities in international trade had a negative effect on ...
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Rare earth demand and prices are expected to grow slowly, after hitting two-year lows, according to an official at China's industry association. China, the world's biggest supplier of rare earths, set the export limit for 2013 at a ...
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With soaring development of global economy and improvement of people’s living standards, there is more and more demands of energy. Energy crisis is becoming more and more prominent. Periodical crisis already happens. As the large ...
Indonesian Industry Minister M.S, Hidayat said on Monday that the country has set furniture export target at 2 billion U.S. dollars this year along with recovery in global economy. "The wood-based industry in the country is estimated to ...
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Bank of China, one of China's big four state-owned commercial banks, has stated in a report that China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to rebound to 7.8 percent in the third quarter of this year, amid acceleration of ...
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World GDP growth stabilized during the first quarter of 2013 at a moderate rate. In particular, in the advanced economies the situation improved with financial stress being further reduced and stock prices rising. The acceleration of ...
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The seasonally adjusted RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index increased to 115.7 in May after a corrected 115.1 in April. However, the increase was not strong enough to even out the previous month’s decrease. All in all, the index ...
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Concerns about the global economy and political unrest in Canberra are cruelling appetite for takeovers, with some of the nation's top dealmakers tipping companies to remain on the sidelines until economic clouds clear. In a sign of the ...
Signs of economic growth were prevalent in global trade data issued this week by Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers. U.S.-bound waterborne shipments—at ...
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