Chinese manufacturing activity declined in December, adding to pressure on communist leaders who have promised sweeping reforms to revive the slowing economy. An industry group, the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, said ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The year ends with China on the precipice of big challenges. Growth is widely expected to slow again in 2014, as the country's economy matures and old standbys like exports and infrastructure spending lose some of their punch. Beijing has ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The famous Washington, D.C., think tank Brookings recently put out a report noting that Taiwan's economy has shifted to a virtual dependency on IT supply chain businesses. The briefing paper, which can be found here, has some pretty serious ...
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Singapore's growth quickened in 2013 and the country will "do well" going forward, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. Gross domestic product rose 3.7 per cent this year, Lee, 61, said in his New Year message today. That's in line with ...
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Cooper Corporation has successfully exported its first batch of "Cooper ECOPACK" diesel generators to Ukraine in Eastern Europe, under a long-term contract to supply Cooper gensets in various power ratings from 15 KVA to 180 KVA. These ...
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According to data released by the South African Revenue Service (SARS), in November this year the value of South Africa's exports of base metals and articles thereof totaled ZAR 10.95 billion ($1.04 billion), increasing by 3.4 percent from ...
Tags: metal, South African
China imported 1.73 million mt of natural gas via pipelines in November, up 8.2% year on year, data released by the General Administration of Customs showed Tuesday. Customs data records natural gas trade data in mt, similar to LNG ...
Tags: Gas Pipeline, cv
Infrastructure will remain the watchword as US refiners look to further cement their role as world class product exporters in 2014, improving export capacity and rejigging refineries to increase their output of export-friendly diesel, ...
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According to data released by Brazil's secretary of foreign trade Secex, the country’s shipments of steel long products totaled 47,587 tons in November, slumping by 21% from a month ago. In November, the country’s export ...
Tags: Steel Long Products, Mineral
According to the data provided by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), in November this year Japanese automobile production totaled 846,151 units, increasing by 78,100 units or 10.17 percent compared to the same month of ...
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According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the first quarter of 2014 is expected total 27.85 million mt, decreasing by 1.4 percent from the fourth quarter output forecast made in the third ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the first 11 months of the current year amounted to 31.52 million metric tons, 1.4 percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
For the most part of 2012 and 2013 the textile sector was besieged by twin impacts of slowing domestic consumption and slowdown in export demand. However recent pick up in export demand is expected to improve the fortunes of textile ...
Tags: Textile Exports, US market
The exports of garment and footwear from the Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia has fetched US$ 5.07 billion by November this year, showing a year-on-year increase of 22 percent, the data from the Ministry of Commerce showed, The Phnom Penh ...
Tags: Garment Exports, Apparel
BlueScope today announced plans to expand its Taharoa, New Zealand, iron sands export operations through the introduction of a third shipping vessel in FY2016. BlueScope will charter a purpose built 175,000 tonne slurry loading vessel and ...
Tags: BlueScope, iron sands, ship loading equipment, expansion