India Market Days is a project approved by Ministry of Textiles and is funded under the Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India for inviting overseas buyers and buying agents under ...
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprungli are partnering with the US Department of Agriculture to support genetics research on fine-flavor cocoa varieties grown in Ecuador. The USDA's Agricultural ...
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The Inditex Group’s net sales in FY2012 (1 February 2012 to 31 January 2013) rose by 16% from 2011, to 15.9 billion euros. Net income totaled 2.3billion euros, an increase of 22% from a year earlier. In constant currency terms, net ...
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Nearly thirteen textile collections from eight Latin American countries, including Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama and Argentina, will be exhibited at Chile’s Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda from March ...
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France has become the top destination for Spanish knitwear exports. Italy and Portugal were the second and third highest importers of Spanish knitwear last year. In 2012, Spanish knitwear exports surged by 22 percent year-on-year to ...
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Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that in January of the current year its subsidiary Xuanhua Steel exported 1,292 mt of 500 MPa high-strength rebar to Ecuador, marking the first time Xuanhua ...
The imposition of US$ 4 per kg tariff on imports of textiles and apparels by Colombia last month would not have a detrimental effect on exports of Ecuador, according to Associacion de Industriales Textiles del Ecuador (AITE). The levy ...
Colombiatex of the Americas 2013, the three day textile trade show held last month, attracted several foreign investors and generated business opportunities worth US$ 152.5 million from other countries including the US, the UAE, Mexico, ...
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US-based life insurer MetLife has inked a definitive agreement to purchase BBVA’s private pension fund administrator in Chile, AFP Provida (Provida), in a deal valued at almost $2bn. Based on the terms of the deal, the acquirer will ...
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US-based Presstek has announced that it has entered into agreement with two new distribution partners to address the growing Latin American graphic arts market with DI digital offset presses. According to the company, GraphicSource will ...
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Reportedly, Ecuadorian Andec, long product producer in Ecuador, has announced to launch its new electric arc furnace (EAF) after a 15-day trial testing run in December last year. Meanwhile, all equipment was supplied by Italy's ...
According to the data released by Latin American steel association Alacero, imports of finished steel products to Latin America from China totaled 3.2 million metric tons in January-September 2012, becoming the second most important ...
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Did you know that hammocks began almost 1000 years ago? Hammocks have a rich and interesting ancient heritage. We here at Hammocks.com are proud to offer you a product with such rich history. In this article you will learn the interesting ...
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The Latin American country of Colombia has announced imposition of US$ 4 per kg tariff on imports of textiles and apparels into the country. The announcement was made by President Juan Manuel Santos during the inauguration of Colombiatex ...
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A Canadian consortium of renewable energy developers including Solexica Energy Corporation, JCM Capital and Radical Energy has signed a 20-year concession agreement with CONELEC, Ecuador’s National Electricity Board, for the purchase ...
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