South Korea's November exports of isomer-grade mixed xylenes fell 14% from October to 27,372 mt due to a turnaround and lower shipments to key market China, data released Monday by the Korea Customs Service showed. South Korea exported ...
Tags: Petrochemical, Energy
China imported 173,100 tons of cotton in November 2013, up 32,000 tons or 22.6 percent compared to October, but a decrease of 43 percent year-on-year, according to Customs Statistics, China Cotton Association reported. The average ...
Tags: Cotton Imports, Textile
Lakeland Industries, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of industrial protective clothing for industry, municipalities, healthcare and to first responders on the federal, state and local levels, announced financial results for its third ...
China will adjust some of its customs duties on Jan. 1, 2014 to aid economic restructuring and achieve balanced trade growth, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday. Tariffs on some 760 imported commodities will be lowered by an ...
Tags: Customs Duties, Tariffs
China's exports handily beat forecasts in November, adding to recent evidence of a stabilization in the world's second-largest economy as its leaders embark on an ambitious restructuring plan. Exports rose 12.7 percent from a year ...
The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) released a letter Tuesday applauding the trade facilitation deal reached December 7 by the 159 member countries of the World Trade Organization at the WTO's just-concluded Ninth ...
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China's acceleration of exports and slowdown of imports in November left the country with its largest trade surplus in more than four years. The improvement of overseas demand increased China's chances of securing an 8 percent trade ...
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China's producer price index (PPI) contracted 1.4 percent year on year in November, following a 1.5-percent drop in October, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Monday. The index, which measures inflation at the ...
According to data released by China’s Customs, the country’s exports of steel products totaled 5 million tons in November, decreasing by 2.53% year on year and falling by around 70,000 tons from October. In November alone, the ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy, export
Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to grow 1.8 percent in December over the same month last year, and the year should end with an increase of 2.3 percent over 2012, according to the monthly Global ...
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The foreign trade figures from The General Administration of Customs showed that China's exports surged 12.7% year-on-year in November, imports rose 5.3%, the trade surplus was $33.801 billion, it was the highest in nearly five years. ...
Tags: Trade Surplus, Trading, Service
Textile mills turn to buy cheaper Indian cotton yarn to cut costs Affected by adverse weather, a reduced planting area and lower Indian cotton prices, China's cotton output is expected to drop sharply this year compared with 2012, which ...
The trade barriers between the European Union and Guatemala, have been lifted with effect from December 1, 2013, which effectively means that the whole region of Central America can now benefit from the EU–Central America Association ...
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In November of the current year, China's finished steel exports amounted to 5.00 million mt, down 70,000 mt month on month and down 2.53 percent year on year, as announced by the Chinese customs authorities on December 8. In the ...
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On December 8, China's General Administration of Customs announced that in the first 11 months of the current year China's total foreign trade value amounted to $3.77049 trillion, up 7.7 percent year on year. China's total export value in ...
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