Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 1.1 percent in June over the same month last year, reflecting modest growth expectations as retailers head toward the back-to-school and holiday ...
Tags: Merchandise Imports, Textile
Over the years, there has been a sharp decline in imports of cotton made by Russia and Japan, which were the world's leading cotton importers in 1990. In 2012, China and Bangladesh were the world's top importers of cotton, while Russia ...
Tags: Textile, Cotton Imports, Cotton
According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat)announced that Russia imports stainless steel reached 21,764 tons in April, up by 5.9% month on month. Meanwhile, Russian imports of stainless wire increase by 33.4% month on ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Construction
A team of researchers from the Government Chemist Programme, in LGC, have developed a new control material to help labs identify false positives when monitoring imports for genetically modified (GM) rice in food products originating from ...
Tags: Control Material, GM Rice
Following a sharp fall in 2009, EU27 international trade in goods with Russia has grown strongly since then to reach record levels in 2012. After falling from 105 billion euro in 2008 to 66 bn in 2009, EU27 exports to Russia have risen ...
The Cotlook A Index fell to around 90 cents per pound towards the end of May 2013, and the China Cotton Index (Type 328) fell to 19,350 Yuan per ton, or 142 cents per pound, during the same period. Assuming the current Chinese reserve ...
Last week, Latin American neighbours Panama and Colombia concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), after seven rounds of negotiations, which began in 2010. The negotiations concluded after the Colombian Government made ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, FTA
China Cotton Association said on Friday that China planned to reduce state reserve cotton by half. Up to now, China has sold 2.5 million tons cotton. At the same time, China is the world's top importer ofcotton. China planned to sold 4.5 ...
BASF is implementing its global “We create chemistry” strategy in Asia Pacific with a set of ambitious targets and a focus on sustainability. To achieve sales of €25 billion to customers in the region by 2020, BASF’s ...
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Yingli Green Energy (Yingli Solar), a China-based solar firm, has commented on the imposition of preliminary anti-dumping duties by the European Commission (EC) targeting solar products originating in China as well as those shipped from ...
Tags: Yingli Solar, Anti-Dumping Duties
China's pending move to slap anti-dumping tariffs on imported solar polysilicon from key countries will generate a surge in pricing for this key raw material in June and July, but the magnitude of the increase will be limited by market ...
Tags: Solar Polysilicon, tariffs
According to report of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the US steel import permit applications for My totaled 2.8 million net tons, rising by 4% from 2.697 million net tons in April and increasing by 2% in comparison of 2.738 ...
Tags: Steel Import, Mineral
India would become the largest producer of cotton in the world by 2022, overtaking China, according to a report released by OECD-FAO. “China’s cotton production is expected to decline 17 percent, while production in India ...
Tags: Cotton Production, Textile
U.S. economic growth will be somewhat restrained, but not deterred, and improving fundamentals provide reason for optimism by the end of 2013 and through 2014, according to a new forecast. The Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and ...
The market research institute Ceresana forecasts dynamic growth of global demand for Carbon Black: market volume is to increase by more than 3.1 million tonnes until 2019. Rubber products mainly utilize Carbon Black as filler material while ...
Tags: Carbon Black, Construction, pigment