Peruvian small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including the clothing sector, would benefit due to the implementation of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Peru and Costa Rica, which came into effect from June 1, 2013, according to ...
Tags: Apparel
China, the global leader in textile and apparel manufacturing, is suffering from high labor cost and in order to reduce the impact of increasing production cost, the country’s textile and garment manufacturers should focus on quality ...
Tags: textile, apparel manufacturing
According to data released by foreign trade ministry Secex, Brazil's exports of carbon steel wire rod and rebar jumped in April. The country's exports of wire rod surged by 342% from a month ago to 34,685 tons in April. In April, the ...
Tags: Wire Rod, Metallurgy, Mineral
Despite the increasing production cost and shift in orders by global apparel and textile buyers from China to other Asian countries, several global clothing and textile brands are still sourcing major portion of their clothing from China. ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel and Clothing
Before the announcement of the Foreign Trade Policy in the first week of April 2013, the Union Minister of Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma chaired the Board of Trade meeting. "Recognising the stress that our trade is going ...
Brazil imported 8,989 tons of heavy plates in April, jumping from 795 tons in March but falling from 18,473 tons in the same month of 2012, according to data released by the national foreign trade ministry (MDIC). In April, Japan was the ...
Tags: heavy plates, Heavy Plate Imports
According to data released by Brazil’s foreign trade ministry (MDIC), the country’s exports of steel pipes and tubes totaled 14.618 tons in April, slumping by 49% from a month ago. In April, Netherlands was the largest importer ...
Tags: Steel Pipes, Steel Pipes Exports
Textile and apparel exports from Bolivia declined by five percent year-on-year, while imports swell by 28 percent year-on-year, according to the data with the Instituto Boliviano de Commercio Exterior (IBCE or Bolivian Foreign Trade ...
Tags: Textile, market view
Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, on behalf of the entire Textiles Industry has complimented Shri Anand Sharma for bringing in the favorable Foreign Trade Policy and timely interventions that lead to this turn around in the exports of RMG and ...
Tags: AEPC Chairman, Trade Policy
Yao Jian, spokesperson of the Ministry, said in the press conferences on structural adjustment of foreign trade that dialogue and consultations should be the right choice to settle trade disputes on investigations of Chinese photovoltaic ...
Tags: Photovoltaic Products, EU
According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil exported 180,700 tons of steel flat products in April, jumping by 49.3% from March and soaring by 60.7% year on year. In April, the ...
Tags: Steel Flats, Steel Flats Exports
Experts from Brazil and representatives of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are currently visiting Peru to promote the development of small-scale farming for cotton production. The visit is a part of the Brazil-FAO International ...
Tags: Cotton Growing, Cotton
Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 23.35 million mt in April this year, increasing 3.4 percent compared to March and down by 8.6 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to the preliminary information released by the ...
Tags: Flat Steel Exports, Mineral
According to the data released by Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretariat,Secex showed that in April, Brazil exported 2334 million tons of iron ore, rose 3.4% year-on-year, decline 8.6%. In April, the Brazil's iron ore sales amounted to 2.54 ...
Tags: Iron Ore Exports, Iron Ore
China's PMI Decreased in April National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-05-02 16:35:49 Department of Service Statistics of NBS China Federation of Logistics and Purchases (CFLP) In April, China's manufacturing purchasing ...