According to data, Japan’s exports of cold rolled (CR) wide strips totaled 234,104 tons in October, falling by 4.5% from a month ago and decreasing by 2.8% year on year The export prices of CR wide strips averaged at US$749.1/ton, ...
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Pakistan will enjoy concessions on 6,000 tariff lines, against the current 150 tariff lines, due to the grant of the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status by the European Union (EU), which takes effect from January 1, 2014, ...
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Bangladesh has slowly emerged as the world’s second largest exporter of ready-made clothes and has been able to slowly close the gap with China, the once ‘leading dragon’ of the global economy. According to the reports, ...
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According to data, Japan’s exports of hot rolled coils (HRC) totaled 867,428 tons in October, down by 2% from a month ago but rising by 8.3% year on year. Meanwhile, the country’s HRC export prices averaged at US$596.2/ton FOB ...
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After slowdown growth in 2012, China - as the world's largest car market, the growth reached double digits once again. LMC Automotive estimates that, the Chinese passenger car sales rose by 15% from Jan to Sep this year, to around 12 ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, car, auto, vehicles, passenger car
Data from Japan’s finance ministry showed that Japanese economy increased 0.3% in Q3, 0.5% lower than expexted. The country's economy grew with an 11% annualized rate. And for this, Japanese government takes measures to expand ...
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If you can correctly project U.S. acreage, China demand, South America's production, and U.S. livestock feed demand, experts say that you could tell the world where the corn and soybean prices will go in 2014. Without knowing those ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Ukraine-based Interpipe, one of the world's leading producers of steel pipes and rail wheels, commenced production and sales of steel billets last October. Answering SteelOrbis' questions, Fadi Hraibi, chief commercial officer of the ...
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The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has stated that the action plan of the European Commission (EC) for the European steel industry is not enough and has called for short-term and more concrete solutions alongside the ...
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A number of garment factories in Haiti were forced to close last week following protests by workers demanding a higher minimum wage. The workers say a rise in the minimum wage set out last month, and due to come into effect from 1 ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, garment
Japan's ethylene production in November edged up 3.4% from October to 598,700 mt, and jumped 10.8% year on year, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said late Wednesday. The ministry also announced that Japan's exports of ethylene ...
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Japan's ethylene production in November edged up 3.4% from October to 598,700 mt, and jumped 10.8% year on year, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said late Wednesday. The ministry also announced that Japan's exports of ethylene ...
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Argentina plans to increase the allowance for refiners and other companies to import diesel and gasoline supplies under a tax-free program in 2014, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said Friday. He said the government will allow companies to ...
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The Shanghai benchmark copper contract for delivery in February declined by 0.78 percent on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) Friday compared to Thursday, ending at 51,160 yuan ($8,429.59) per ton. However, it still climbed by 0.49 ...
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It's reported that Baosteel Stainless, the second largest stainless producer in China announced to raise its export prices for austenitic stainless steel coils by US$50/ton in order to reflect higher nickel prices. After the adjustment, the ...
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