U.S. farmers could harvest their second-largest soybean crop and the number three corn crop under the revised planting projections released by USDA at its Outlook Forum. When the projected plantings are combined with USDA's projected ...
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Fully renewable food carton packaging on trial in Finland Global packaging company Tetra Pak has launched new carton packaging made entirely from plant-based materials, with the first product to use the packaging available in retail shops ...
Tags: Packaging, Food Packaging
Global yarn production witnessed a rise of 6.3 per cent in Q3/2014 in comparison to Q3/2013. This was supported by an increase of 7.3 per cent in output in Asia, whereas the other regions saw declines of 3.1 per cent annually in Europe, 2.4 ...
Tags: Yarn Output, Textile
China's newly installed wind power capacity jumped to a record high of 19.81 million kilowatts in 2014, according to an industry briefing by the National Energy Bureau (NEB) Thursday. Wind power generated 153.4 billion kilowatt hours of ...
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New rules to facilitate entry of bulk carriers at the nation's ports China is likely to import more iron ore from Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the Brazilian mining giant, to bolster its raw material reserves, after the Ministry of ...
A legislation in the Ohio senate proposed by senator Shannon Jones calls on making childproof packaging necessary for containers of liquid nicotine used to refill electronic cigarettes. The goal of the law is to ensure that children do ...
Cotton imports by the Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia decreased by 2.16 per cent in 2014, according to the data from Statistics Indonesia. During the year, Indonesia imported cotton (HS Code 52) worth US$ 2.499 billion, compared to ...
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The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has decided to pursue dispute settlement consultations with the Government of China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) concerning China’s “Demonstration Bases-Common Service ...
Respondents to survey reported a 14 per cent hike to 18,234 acres in US organic cotton acres planted in 2014 from 15,973 acres in 2013, representing the largest planted organic cotton acreage in almost 20 years. This happened, despite ...
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The exports of garments and textiles from Cambodia grew marginally by 1.07 per cent to US$ 4.521 billion in the first eleven months of 2014, compared to exports of $4.473 billion made during the same period of 2013, according to the ...
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Huntsman Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals, has announced a plan to reduce its TiO2 capacity approximately 100kt, representing 13 per cent of Huntsman’s European TiO2 capacity. After ...
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German apparel marketer, Tom Tailor Group said despite a difficult market environment, it was able to achieve sales growth of 3 per cent year on year in 2014. Tom Tailor Group was able to hike sales to €932 million in 2014 as against ...
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Shipment volume of the Taiwan IP camera industry totaled around 4.83 million in 2014, up 33.5% compared to 2013, according to MIC. The growth is mainly ascribed to the increased adoption of IP cameras by telecom operators in advanced ...
The World Gold Council reported that gold jewelry demand by weight rose 1 percent year on year to 566.9 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2014, while the value of gold jewelry demand slipped 5 percent to $22.2 billion. Gold jewelry demand for ...
Tags: Gold Jewelry, Jewelry
Akzo Nobel N.V. has reported positive volume growth and an improvement in return on sales (ROS) for the full-year 2014. Excluding incidentals, ROS was 7.5 percent (2013: 6.1 percent). Operating income excluding incidentals grew 20 percent ...
Tags: AkzoNobel, Decoration Coating