China imported 24.78 million mt of coal in April, including lignite, thermal and metallurgical material, up 12.18% from March and up 31.81% year on year, according to preliminary data released on Monday by the General Administration of ...
Tags: Coal Imports, Coal
A new €8.1m five-year research and innovation program, focusing specifically on meat processing, has been launched at the Teagasc Ashtown Research Centre in Dublin. Dubbed as Meat Technology Ireland (MTI), the program has been ...
Tags: Beef, Sheep Meat
Demand for solvent-grade mixed xylene has come to a near standstill this week as the product shares the same code for imports as mixed aromatics, which is expected to have a consumption tax imposed some time between May 1 and July 1, market ...
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Japanese firms Toppan Printing and Itochu have partnered with Thung Hua Sinn Printing Network (TPN Group) to enter into Thailand flexible packaging business. Based in Bangpakong Chachoengsao of Thailand, the TPN Group runs an integrated ...
Tags: Toppan Printing, Itochu, Packaging
Showa Denko (SDK), Showa Aluminum Can (SAC) and Carabao Group have agreed to set up a joint venture (JV) to manufacture and sell aluminum cans in Thailand. The joint corporation is part of CBG’s plan to meet its increasing demands ...
Tags: Showa Denko, Aluminum Cans
B&G Products is manufacturing its own unique food pouch for local partners Sirane and TCL Packaging in the retail trade. This is a follow-up to the export trade mission which saw us visit Chicago as part of the Department for ...
Tags: B&G Products, TCL Packaging
China is highly likely to restrict oil product exports in the first half of 2017 to flat or below H1 2016 levels amid growing focus on pollution control, curbing excess capacity and international trade flows, sources with knowledge of the ...
Tags: Oil Product, Crude Oil
Dow Chemical has completed construction phase of ethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas, ahead of schedule. The firm is now progressing through the commissioning phase for the ethylene facility scheduled by mid-year. Dow ...
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New Zealand exporters will soon be allowed to send chilled meat to China under a new agreement signed by the two countries. Significant revenues are expected to be made by the New Zealand meat sector following a Memorandum of Cooperation ...
Tags: chilled meat, frozen meat
UAE-based Amira Nature Foods has acquired a portfolio of packaged specialty rice brands from Euro Basmati in Germany for an undisclosed price. The acquired brands include Al Amir, Al Hakim, Bano, Dalia, Hanna and Shah Pari which have ...
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Canadian consumer packaged meats firm Maple Leaf Foods has agreed to acquire American refrigerated plant-based protein foods manufacturer Lightlife Foods from Brynwood Partners VI for approximately $140m. Maple Leaf will finance the ...
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The European Union (EU) on Tuesday decided to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of heavy steel plates from China, after which China said it is "seriously concerned" by the EU's increasing protectionism in the steel industry. ...
Chile became China's leading supplier of fresh fruits in 2016, overtaking Vietnam and even Thailand, local media reported on Wednesday. Chile exported 1.2 billion U.S. dollars of fresh fruit, mainly cherries, to China last year, the daily ...
Tags: Fresh Fruits, Cherries, Grapes
According to the data by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and the Taiwan Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Association (TTVMA), the production value of Taiwan's automobile parts and accessories industry reached USD ...
Tags: auto-parts, accessories industry
DGBAS reports Taiwan’s 2017 GDP growth forecast to stand at a three-year high of 1.92 percent, with annual export to show the strongest increase of 8.5 percent in the past six years (photo courtesy of UDN.com). In light of the ...
Tags: GDP growth