The Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), the apex body for handicraft export promotion in India, organized a seminar on “E-Commerce Led Export – Challenges & Opportunities”, to upgrade handicraft sector ...
Tags: Handicrafts, E-Commerce
A new trade agreement has opened the door to UK exports of beef to Singapore worth an estimated £10 million a year to the UK economy. Singapore's ban on UK beef, put in place following the identification of BSE, has been lifted ...
Tags: Beef Exports, Food
Cotton quotes have been moving up in the Brazilian market, affected by the higher demand. Many companies are operating more at this end-of-the-year period, aiming to guarantee the raw material that is necessary to the consumption for the ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Textile
Ssangyong Motor (CEO Lee Yoo-il;www.smotor.com), part of the USD 16.2 billion Mahindra Group, today announced that the company sold a total of 14,092 units in November 2013 – 6,540 units in domestic sales and 7,552 in exports, ...
Tags: Ssangyong Motor, CKD kits
In November of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland fell by 3.04 percent compared to October and were up 29.38 percent year on year, totaling 28.06 million metric tons. According to the information released ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Iron Ore Exports
Zhang Changfu, vice president of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), has stated that in the January-October period this year China's crude steel output amounted to 652 million mt, equivalent to an annualized crude steel output of ...
Tags: Finished Steel, crude steel
According to statistics, Taiwan's imports of large-diameter wire rods (with diameter larger or equal to 14mm) amounted to 13,339 tons in the January-October period, soaring by 41.1% year on year. However, the import prices of large-diameter ...
Japan's steel export down by 1.5% year-on-year to 3.31 million tons year in October, according to the Japan Iron & Steel Federation's (JISF). It is mainly because of continuing strong domestic demand and slower exports to Thailand. The ...
Tags: Domestic Demand, Exports Down, Japan
China will expand its cooperation program with the group of four major African cotton- producing countries, or the C4, trade officials from the two sides announced at the sidelines of the ongoing 9th Ministerial Conference of the World ...
Improving working conditions in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes, ...
Tags: Sustainable Growth, Bangladesh, RMG
It seems that the status quo in the Bangladeshi textile industry hasn't changed that much. However, the increasing pressure from some international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through social media and newspapers has caused some ...
Tags: Rupp Report, Bangladesh
Releasing the second quarter numbers, the Vardhman Textiles’ management had predicted that margins may come under pressure ahead as cotton prices will increase while demand remains weak. The statement of the company that ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Textiles
Luthai Textile Co. Ltd., a global leader in the field of specially yarn dyed fabric with strong business relationships, is intending to invest US$ 8 million to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary Luthai (Cambodia) Co. Ltd., in Cambodia. ...
Tags: Luthai Textile, Garment Unit
Today in Barcelona, Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau presented the document "Spain, enterprises and exports" which was prepared by the Business Council for Competitiveness (CEC). The event was held at the Casa Llotja de Mar and presented by ...
Tags: Repsol, international policies
The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) reported today that economic activity in the manufacturing sector was strong for the sixth straight month. The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure manufacturing activity, headed up 0.9 ...
Tags: manufacturing, ISM