Japanese business leaders once again are touting “made in Japan” labels, promising to return production from overseas to take advantage of the yen’s sharp drop, which has reduced the once sky-high cost of manufacturing ...
Tags: labels, trade deficit, exports, Electrical
Faisalabad-based textile exporters were invited to participate in an upcoming international event of Turkey-World Trade Bridge-2015 being held in March 17-18, 2015 at Istanbul, Turkey. The trade show is expected to offer Pakistani ...
Tags: ready-made garments, textiles, home textiles, Textile
In the last five months of 2014, Ethiopia imported more than 3,000 tons of cotton to meet the demand of domestic textile industry, according to the Textiles Industry Development Institute (TIDI). Ethiopian Government resorted to ...
Tags: Textile Industry, raw material, Textile
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced that it was notified by India on October 20 that it has launched a safeguard probe on 400 series stainless steel cold rolled (CR) flat product imports. According to the WTO, the ...
Tags: Stainless CR Flat, stainless steel
China’s development of the corrosion-resistant metal tantalum commonly used in electronics has developed rapidly in recent years, owing to local manufacturers’ commitment to research and development efforts, the China Science ...
Tags: Tantalum, Ningxia, Electronics
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in August this year Turkish producers' foreign sales price index (PPI)* in general increased by 1.17 percent from July and was up 9.82 percent year on year, ...
Tags: basic metal, domestic industry
The United Steelworkers union (USW) has won round one in its fight to increase tariffs on consumer tire imports from China. On June 15, the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced it had initiated investigations into dumping ...
Tags: USW, Tariffs, Auto Parts
On July 22, the Indian industry body ASSOCHAM has suggested the Indian Finance Ministry should review its budget proposal to increase the royalty rate on iron ore from 10 percent to 15 percent with a view to maintaining cost competitiveness ...
Tags: iron ore, domestic industry, Mineral
The US steel industry hit a new 2014 high for capability utilization last week, when raw steel production climbed to 79.8% from 78.7% the week before, according to American Iron and Steel Institute data released Monday. The previous high ...
Tags: Steel Industry, raw steel
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) commended Senators Brown (D-OH) and Sessions (R-AL) Wednesday for their appeal to President Obama to formulate a national strategy to address the trade-distorting practice of currency ...
Tags: Iron, Steel, Chinese Currency Manipulation
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has stated that the Indian Supreme Court order for the temporary closure of about 26 iron ore mines in the Indian state of Odisha may result in a significant fall in ...
Tags: Iron Ore, import duty
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has announced that it has found that the dumping of hot rolled carbon steel plate imports from Brazil, Denmark, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and South Korea has not caused but is threatening to cause ...
Tags: AD Duty, Hot Rolled Plate
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced its final antidumping (AD) determinations regarding imports of certain alloy steel seamless tubes and pipes for high-temperature and high-pressure applications from the European Union, Japan ...
Tags: AD Duty, Seamless Pipes
Due to China's export potential to Mexico regarding the production of steel wire and the dynamics of the two markets, Mexico's Ministry of Economy (SE) has launched an investigation into the potential impact of unfair trade practices in ...
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Tuesday its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of prestressed concrete steel rail tie wire (PC tie wire) from the People’s Republic of ...
Tags: PC tie wire, Dumping