The Pakistan ministry of textiles is mulling ways to persuade the Turkish government to waive off 42.2 per cent safeguard measures duty that is being currently imposed on Pakistan’s apparel imports. According to media reports, ...
Tags: Textiles, apparel imports
A House of Lords committee is calling European Union (EU) to implement tighter regulations on taxation and labeling, in order to combat alcohol-related harm This comes as the committee thought that the EU alcohol strategy implemented from ...
German automaker Mercedes-Benz has announced a plan to invest $500m to build a new plant to manufacture vans in Charleston, South Carolina. The Charleston plant will produce the next-generation Sprinter for the North American market. ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, van markets
It is time for the Government of India to liberalise policies and remove the ‘uncalled-for protection’ from the textile industry in the form of anti-dumping duties and certification requirements, which will eventually help in ...
Due to increases in both shipments and conversion efficiency, Taiwanese PV cell makers experienced a record shipment growth in 2014, according to the latest report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. This growth was in spite of being ...
Tags: PV Cell, Sloar Cell
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has officially voted to uphold the findings that China and Taiwan PV manufacturers have been dumping their products. The tariffs against PV imports will follow the Depart of Commerce's (DOC) ...
Coal provides nearly two thirds of China's energy, but for mining companies, this winter could not be more chilly. The government has done its best to save the day, but it is not enough to force up the price of coal, even in the short ...
Tags: Coal Industry, Coal
The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission has announced it has initiated a new investigation into the alleged dumping of prepared or preserved tomatoes into the Australian market, after a fresh application was lodged by Australian food ...
Tags: Tomato Dumping, Agriculture
The International Trade Commission (ITC) of the United States ruled Wednesday that an American industry is materially injured by reason of imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from China, paving the way for the U.S. ...
Tags: PV Products, Punitive Duties
President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 4007, the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014. The law reauthorizes the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism ...
Tags: tiering methodology, Construction
Nintendo has halted sales of its hardware and games software in Brazil due to high taxes in the country. Due to changes within the Brazilian economy, which have contributed to the higher import taxes and fees, Nintendo has made the ...
Tags: Games, Consumer Electronics, Nintendo
Indian synthetic fibre and yarn producers have urged the Union Ministry of Finance to abolish excise duty of 12 per cent levied on the industry and bring it at par with the cotton fibre and yarn sector. “This will help the growth of ...
Tags: cotton fibre, yarn sector, Textile
The proposed Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST), introduced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha last month, is expected to smoothen business process (ease of doing business) for ecommerce companies by ...
Asus has finally officially unveiled the Asus Transformer Book Chi line-up of hybrid Windows laptop/tablet devices. Teased last year at Computex, the trio of new laptops now has a full list of specs and prices, with the flagship T300 ...
Tags: Asus, Book, Consumer Electronics
Taiwan's 2015 machinery exports to see rough going. In Jan.-Nov.2014, Taiwan shipped US$19 billion of machinery, up only 6.4% year on year, with the island's machine-tool industry having exported US$3.43 billion of equipment, growing at ...
Tags: machine-tool industry, high-performance machines, Manufacturing