The China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), also known as the National Interbank Funding Center (the Center), a sub-institution of the People's Bank of China (PBC), has announced that the RMB exchange rate on July 17, 2013, was 1 US ...
Tags: Cotton Import, Tariff Rate
Some vintners in Italy last week may have stopped stomping grapes and frantically opened their Chinese dictionaries. The vineyards in the EU's wine-producing regions have 10 days to get the language down pat, so they can respond to a trade ...
Tags: China Probe, EU Wineries
Taiwan-based solar wafer firm Eversol has announced that operations at a 1.5MW ground-mount solar power plant in Hiroshima, Japan, a project with Japan's West Holdings, kicked off in June 2013 with a daily power generation of up to ...
Tags: solar, Lights, Lighting, Electrical, Electronics
Data from the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) shows that the nation has experienced a net import of wheat, corn and rice. It imported about 13.17 million tons of grains in 2012, of which about 3.42 million tons were wheat, 5.15 millions were ...
Tags: Wheat, Corn, Rice, Agriculture
The European Commission (EC) announced on June 4 a punitive tariff rate of 11.8% on China-made solar panels and main components such as solar cells and wafers, according to The Wall Street Journal. The tariff rate is lower than expected ...
Europe may levy anti-dumping tariffs on China-made solar products. This will increase the prices of China-made solar products in Europe. To retaliate, China will likely impose tariffs on Europe-based polysilicon through its on-going ...
Tags: Solar Trade Row, EU Members
Since the beginning of the second quarter, prices of solar wafers and cells in Taiwan have been increasing due to expectations that Europe may levy anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on China-based peers. Currently, prices of solar cells ...
Tags: Solar Cell, Energy
The European Union (EU) plans to announce the details of its anti-subsidy tariff against China-based solar firms on June 6, 2013. The tariff is expected to be 30-67.9% with the average as high as 47.6%. The anti-dumping tariff rate will be ...
Tags: Solar Trade Tariffs, Lights
The trade war in the solar market does not seem to be stopping. Following the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariff levied on China-based firms from the US, the EU is likely to follow suit with a tariff rate above 30%. If this tariff comes ...
Suntech Power Holdings, a China-based solar module giant, said on March 11, 2013, that it has signed a forbearance agreement with the holders of more than 60% of the firm's 3% convertible notes. The forbearance agreement between Suntech and ...
Tags: Suntech, Lighting, solar module
MK Lu, chairman of Taiwan-based Sino-American Sapphire (SAS) stated that the price of polysilicon is likely to return to a reasonable level in China because China's government may announce a preliminary result on the anti-dumping and ...
Tags: SAS, polysilicon, MK Lu
According to Turkey’s Official Gazette, import duties on certain flat steel products have been increased effective as of December 31, 2012. According to the statement, the zero percent import duty rate on flat strip and flat rods ...
Tags: Turkey, Official Gazette, flat steel products, 2012
China's solar supply chain has been dumping inventory recently but this has been easing as the number of competitors decreases. Many small- and medium-size firms are unlikely to revive production in 2013 and this has been causing the price ...
Tags: Solar Cell, Dumping, China
Taipei, Dec. 28, 2012 (CENS)--Tong Lo, president of Taiwan Bicycle Exporters` Association (TBEA) and CEO of Taiwan`s largest bicycle manufacturer Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd., recently warned that the island’s bike exports may be ...
Tags: bicycle, bike exports, Taiwan, bike supply
Business Standard reported that the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited,the sole power distribution company in the hill state,has been criticized by the Comptroller and Auditor General for its huge accumulated losses of INR 1,960.11 ...
Tags: Uttarakhand Power Corporation, CAG, UPCL, sole power distribution