The production and sales of khadi, a handwoven cloth, have grown during the last three years. In 2011-12, 887.32 lakh square metres of khadi cloth was produced, generating sales value of Rs 967.87 crore, with cumulative employment of ...
Tags: handwoven cloth, storage battery, Textile
Chinese lawmakers are in the process of considering a proposed revision to the country’s Food Safety Law which would include the mandatory labelling of all goods containing Genetically Modified (GM) organisms. The central ...
Tags: GM crops, labelling procedure, Agriculture
With falling home prices and slowing growth, Beijing already has plenty on its plate. Such challenges are now fueling concerns about how the current Russian currency turmoil will impact the world’s second largest economy, and ...
Tags: Currency Depreciation, home prices, rubble
Parmalat Australia, a subsidiary of Parmalat, has signed an agreement to acquire Longwarry Food Park, which specialises in the production of milk powders, cream cheese, plus fresh and UHT milk products. The stipulated enterprise value of ...
Tags: milk products, cream cheese, Agriculture
The National Silk Board (NSB), an industry body that aims to tighten regulations and boost investor confidence in Cambodia’s silk industry, is set to open by next year, the Phnom Penh Post reported. Speaking at a workshop aimed at ...
Tags: Silk Board, raw silk producers, Textile
The Government of Syria will support and protect the garment sector and has plans for reoperation of the textile factories in the country, the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Dr Humam al-Jazaeri said at a recent meeting with textile ...
Parmalat Australia, a subsidiary of dairy firm Parmalat, has agreed to acquire Longwarry Food Park for $67m. An agreement to this effect was signed by the company. Longwarry Food Park, which operates in the state of Victoria, ...
Tags: milk, dairy products, fruit beverages, Agriculture
According to the data from General Administration of Customs, China's imports of rice reached 179810 tons in Otcober, increasing 27.63% on month. China exported 57490 tons of rice in October, up 33.24%. And the total rice export volume in ...
Tags: Imported Rice, domestic rice
On December 17, 2014, SAIC Iveco Hongyan 2015 marketing business annual conference was held in Chongqing, and the theme of this annual meeting is quality casting Hongyan. From all over the country, more than 800 Hongyan heavy truck ...
Tags: heavy truck dealers, service providers, Transportation
China's Ministry of Finance issued its customs duties implementation plan for 2015 on December 17, with the duties in question to become effective as of January 1, 2015. Accordingly, China's export tariffs for pig iron, semi-finished ...
Tags: pig iron, semi-finished steel, wire rod, Metallurgy
The World Diamond Conference that took place last week in New Delhi, India, created a buzz in the industry that, frankly, needed a bit of a pick-up considering the state of the market. It not often that two heads of state attend a diamond ...
Tags: Diamond Trade, Arts
According to the data released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA), Japanese new ship export orders in November this year decreased by 72.2 percent on tonnage basis compared to October but declined by 72.7 percent year on year, ...
Tags: Ship Export, ship deliveries
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday its preliminary determinations in the antidumping (AD) investigations of steel nails from Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The DOC has calculated the following preliminary ...
China's plan to merge its two railway vehicle manufacturers CNR Corp and CSR Corp into one conglomerate will create an industrial giant which will provide a significant boost to the country's export sector.The planned marriage is expected ...
Tags: CNR Corp, CSR Corp, railway vehicle
Dropping Chinese demand for imported thermal coal will likely have the biggest impact on US producers who sell into markets across the Atlantic, global research firm Wood Mackenzie said Wednesday, December 17. That is because the ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mining