Japan's government and central bank are counting on export growth to help the economy overcome April’s domestic-demand-dampening consumption tax hike. The latest figures show that despite a weak yen, overall shipments remain sluggish, ...
Tags: export growth
The world’s largest economy – the US is the locomotive of global growth for the first time since the great recession and in the process boosting exports around the world, says the Chief Economist at IHF. Nariman Behravesh ...
Tags: domestic demand, oil production
LED driver and analog IC maker Silergy expects its sales to remain brisk in the fourth quarter of 2014 after its revenues hit a record high of NT$326 million (US$10.73 million) in September thanks to the release of new IC parts for IoT, ...
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Smart meter is fundamentally equipped in smart grid. The advancing smart grid construction in China spurred the constant growth of smart meter demand. By the end of 2013, 370 million smart meters had been accumulatively installed in China, ...
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Platts’ analysis shows apparent oil demand in August was 41.19 million metric tons (mt), or an average 9.74 million barrels per day (b/d) — an increase of 3.7% year over year. This growth came despite a slew of bearish economic ...
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China had exported 52.4 million tons of steel as of the end of August, up 36% from a year earlier as low domestic demand has left producers with a massive surplus, Bloomberg reported, citing data the news agency had complied. The price of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel, Steel Rebar
Shutting out Chinese solar producers from the lucrative US market is as damaging to them as blocking out the sunlight. The US Department of Commerce on July 5 determined a new set of anti-dumping duties on solar products from China and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Solar Panel
The China National Energy Administration announced a new policy on September 4 aimed at bolstering the distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) market. “This new policy will loosen current regulations, which will give the market a needed ...
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Growth in China's vast manufacturing industry weakened in August, suggesting that the recovery in the world No. 2 economy is losing momentum and Beijing may need to spoon out more stimulus. The preliminary version of HSBC's manufacturing ...
With the weakening of domestic sales, Brazil steelmakers are looking to expand exports. According to executives from companies like Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) and Usiminas, the strategy of increasing exports would help steel ...
International demand on the rise, especially in Asia, says VDMA survey, but domestic markets still drag. The European machine vision (MV) industry is in “an excellent condition”, according to the German VDMA’s latest ...
Tags: machine vision, MV industry, Machinery
TOKYO (Kyodo) –The government on Tuesday cut its forecast for Japan’s economic growth in fiscal 2014 to 1.2 percent from 1.4 percent in real terms amid lingering fears that the April 1 consumption tax hike, the first in 17 ...
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China is the first exporter of cotton. In 2012, china's export value accounted for 22.3% of the world's total cotton exports, with a decrease of 4.2%, followed by India, accounting for 12.9% and with an increase of 9.9%. Textile Industry ...
Tags: Overview, Textile Industry
GIA has released a comprehensive global report on Polymeric Polyols markets. Global market for Polymeric Polyols is forecast to reach 33.1 billion pounds (lbs.) by 2020, driven by growing demand for polyurethane in the automobile, ...
Tags: Polyols, polyurethane, Decoration
The reversal of Chinese cotton policy and import of cheaper yarn from India led to a slowdown in yarn production in the country, according to a report released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). ‘The State of Pakistan’s ...
Tags: SBP, Apparel, Accessories