The infant formula industry is in the spotlight again after the launch of a price-fixing investigation into foreign and domestic milk powder makers and intensified government efforts to consolidate a nationwide hodgepodge of producers. ...
Tags: Dairy Industry, infant formula
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) has announced its preliminary decision regarding the antidumping (AD) duty investigation for hot rolled steel plate imports from China, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. ...
Tags: Hot Plate Imports, Mineral
It's reported that India's hot rolled coil (HRC) market remains stable currently. India steel mills hiked the HRC prices by US$17~US$21/ton last week but there was no transaction due to the weak demand in local market. The HRC prices have ...
Tags: HRC, Construction, steel
South Korea's benzene exports to China tanked by 30,193 mt, or 82.8% month on month, to a 14-month low of 6,291 mt in June, crashing below the 10,000-mt support level, data released Monday by the Korea Customs Service showed. The sharp ...
China's apparent oil demand in June surged 11.7% year on year to 40.89 million mt, or an average 9.99 million b/d, according to Platts' estimates Monday, based on the latest preliminary government data. This is the highest growth rate ...
Tags: Chemicals, oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
“It’s been a very productive week”, said EU Chief Negotiator Ignacio Garcia-Bercero coming out of the talks. “We have been striving already for many months to prepare the ground for an ambitious trade and investment ...
Tags: TTIP Negotiations
In the first half of 2013, faced with the complicated and volatile economic environment at home and abroad, the Central Party Committee and the State Council have committed to the general tone of making progress while ensuring the ...
According to data released by China’s customs, China’s exports of finished steel products totaled 5.29 million tons in June, rising by 1.34% year on year. In June, the country’s imports of finished steel products ...
Tags: Finished Steel Products, Mineral
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted a proposal for a two-part regulation governing formaldehyde emissions from particleboard, MDF/HDF and hardwood plywood which is to apply in future across the whole of the USA. This ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun Phase I of a truck cargo pre-inspection pilot. The project, which got underway at the Pacific Highway crossing adjacent to Surrey, B.C. June 17, is a collaborative effort by CBP, Canada ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto, truck
Russia increased LNG exports 38.5% year-on-year in the first half of 2013, to 5 million mt, according to data released Tuesday by the Far East branch of Russia's customs service. Russia exports LNG from the Sakhalin 2 LNG plant in ...
Tags: LNG Exports, Chemicals
In the first half of the current year, China's total external trade value amounted to $1.99769 trillion, increasing by 8.6 percent year on year, according to the figures released by China's General Administration of Customs. In ...
Tags: Mineral, external trade
A new report suggests the agriculture and food industries should adopt automotive-style, just-in-time cross-border shipping practices to improve the flow of food products across the border. The report, An Economic Analysis of Agriculture ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto, shipping
In June this year, China's finished steel export volume amounted to 5.29 million mt, up 1.34 percent, while in the first half of the current year Chinese finished steel exports totaled 30.69 million mt, up 12.8 percent, both year on year, ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Mineral
Taiwan's indigenous peoples were living on Taiwan well before the mass immigration of Han Chinese from southern China began in the 17th century. The classification of Taiwan's indigenous tribes has changed over time. For example, during the ...
Tags: Taiwan, Indigenous Tribes, Austronesian Language Family