The US government has urged communities to participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative providing direct technical support to build strong local food systems as part of a community's emerging economic action plans. Under ...
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Japanese automotive major Honda Motor is all set to come up with a new car manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Gujarat, moving towards inking a state support agreement (SSA) with the government by next four weeks. The Indian ...
The commerce ministry is considering interest subsidy benefits for textile sector including garments to arrest falling exports, according to media reports. The interest subvention scheme of 3 per cent ended on March 31, last year. Under ...
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The Mexican government has revised standards for labeling of textile and apparel products, which must now comply with appropriate mandatory standards (NOMs) or voluntary standards (NMXs). Generally, all apparel, apparel accessories, ...
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Bangladeshi exporters, including apparel makers, will now have to pay 0.6 per cent tax at source on their income from export from the upcoming financial year, as the government slashed the rate from the proposed 1 per cent, according to ...
Tags: Bangla Apparel, Apparel
India and the European Union will resume talks in August after a two-year gap on the proposed free trade agreement for boosting two-way commerce and investment, the media has reported. "Sometime in August, the EU chief negotiator will ...
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President Barack Obama has signed two important trade measures into law – the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 and Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA-2015). Both bills, passed by ...
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Thailand Minister of Industry ChakramontPasukavanich said that Thailand government is proposing to support building of rubber process factories, and they have invited some overseas investors in the end of 2014, and now there are eight China ...
Tags: Rubber Tire, Tire
Soft drink giant Coca-Cola has welcomed the Scottish government’s announcement to develop a charter to make it easier for people to recycle. A household recycling charter is the key recommendation from the Zero Waste Taskforce, a ...
China’s One Belt, One Road initiative is a comprehensive framework for organising multinational economic development and trade, which has inspired the creation of China Trade Week (CTW) and it is coming to Kenya. For the first ...
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In order to promote corporate image and explore market opportunities, KE show committee plans to set up 1,500 booths in the exhibited space of 45,000 square meters and it will be partitioned to five main areas. Since the great ...
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U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channel were flat in May, up just 0.4 percent year on year, at $7.1 billion as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales rose a touch, up ...
Soitec of Bernin, France has announced a new step in its SmartCell project by raising the record for concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) module solar energy conversion efficiency from 36.7% (announced in July 2014) to 38.9% Previously (last ...
The has welcomed the allocation of nearly Australian $620 million in the New South Wales Budget for infrastructure that would help secure the water supply of rural towns in the state, Cotton Australia said on its website. Cotton ...
After e-commerce, it is now the turn of omni-channel in India. The country’s retail market will primarily be driven by omni-channel as brick-and-mortar retailers enter e-commerce to support their stores, says media reports. ...
Tags: fashionable cloth accessories, e-commerce, brick and mortar retailers