The Brazilian industry and foreign trade ministry's commerce chamber, Camex, has announced that it has reduced the import duty for heavy plates from 12 percent to two percent due to supply shortage in the domestic market. The cut in ...
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The rains have been abundant in most of the cotton growing areas. However, in certain parts of Rajasthan and Haryana, there may have been some damages to the cotton crop, informs the latest fortnightly report from the Indian Cotton ...
Tags: Cotton, rains, Cotton prices
Given the predicted 1.8 million tons of surplus cotton production and changes in China’s cotton policy, prices are unlikely to rise to the levels seen in the last two seasons, says a report of the International Cotton Advisory ...
The Ministry of Commerce, Government of China, has fixed wool import quota at 287,000 tons and for wool tops at 80,000 tons for 2015. China has kept its import quota of wool and wool tops unchanged since 2006, even though the country ...
Tags: China Fixes, Wool Import, Textile
The CIF Bremen Index dropped considerably this week, influenced by movements of New York Cotton Futures. The latest Bremen Cotton Exchange report says basically good production conditions prevail in major cotton planting areas. In ...
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China’s cotton stocks-to-use ratio surged to a record level of 180 percent in 2013-14, due to the Government’s price support and import policies, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States ...
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) will investigate certain Taiwan-based PV makers suspected of helping China-based PV module makers evade the EU's minimum import price and import quota, according to PV industry sources in Taiwan. The ...
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The Taiwan Photovoltaic Industry Association (TPVIA) has dismissed speculation that the EU will launch an investigation into China-based PV module makers and their suppliers, including those from Taiwan, over allegedly illegal practice to ...
To cope with anti-dumping tariffs set by the US Department of Commerce, the Taiwan Photovoltaic Industry Association (TPVIA), on behalf of Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell and PV module makers, hopes to talk with the department ...
After speculators had sold nearly 8 million bales net since early May, they finally seemed to move to the sidelines, allowing the market to recover some of its losses this week. The latest CFTC report as of July 29 showed speculators ...
Tags: Speculators, Decline, Textile
The European Union (EU), in response to Germany-based SolarWorld AG's complaint that some China-based PV module makers have stealthily offered Europe-based importers prices below EUR0.53 (US$0.72)/W, a floor price set by the EU and the ...
The Indonesian government reached a deal with lawmakers late Wednesday to revise down its targets for subsidized fuel consumption and crude production in its 2014 budget to make the figures more realistic, officials said. The measure cuts ...
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While the European Union (EU) has settled disputes over dumping and subsidization of China-made PV products with the China government voluntarily setting a floor export price and annual export quota, the EU is likely to launch further ...
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Members of the Argentinian Biofuels Association, or CARBIO, exported 48,960 mt of biodiesel in April, a 42.4% month-on-month fall and a drop of 42.1% compared with a year earlier, according to data from the industry body Wednesday. CARBIO ...
Tags: Biodiesel Exports, tax exemption
Algerian oil production in April averaged some 1.2 million b/d, in line with the country's obligations under OPEC's current production ceiling, a senior official at state-owned Sonatrach said Wednesday. Speaking on the sidelines of an ...
Tags: Oil Production, OPEC