Most of the cotton growing states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka have started getting good rainfall, which has led to farmers beginning sowing of cotton. “CCI has sold nearly 1.5 ...
Tags: Propel Cotton Sowing, Textile
As the China government continues to pour money into fostering local supply chains in terms of capacity and technology, Taiwan makers are starting to feel the heat, and as a result are calling on the Taiwan government to increase support ...
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Finance minister Arun Jaitley who is on a visit to the US, has said that economic reforms in the legislative pipeline can push India's growth rate above the current range of 7 to 7.5 per cent. India's economy, Asia's third largest, is ...
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Australian thermal coal shippers such as BHP Billiton, Glencore, Peabody Energy and Rio Tinto may potentially have to wait until June 2017 for China to eliminate its 6% tariff on imports of Australian thermal coal, the Australian government ...
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The cotton textiles export promotion council (TEXPROCIL) has said that the removal of benefits on exports to African countries in the new foreign trade policy will affect shipments of value added products like cotton dyed and printed ...
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PepsiCo Foods Canada will receive $3m in investment from the government of Ontario to revamp its manufacturing plant in Cambridge. The investment will be used to upgrade the food processing facility to meet world-class food safety ...
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Oman Food Investment Holding Company (OFIC) is planning to invest $620m to set up dairy, poultry and red meat factories in the country to boost food security. Of the total proposed investment, around 70% is derived from state-owned ...
China has begun to implement its investment plans aiming to boost development of the local semiconductor industry, and will inject a total of CNY600 billion (US$19.4 billion) into the industry over the next five years, according to industry ...
Chinese officials will undergo traditional Chinese culture education since in September through textbooks to enhance their skills, the Chinese Academy of Governance said Monday. Observers said that the textbooks will complement China's ...
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It is often assumed that emerging-economy living standards are bound to converge with those in developed countries. But, leaving aside some oil exporters and the city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore, only three countries and regions ...
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 2.4 percent year on year to $2.221 billion in April, according to government calculations. The decline at specialty stores was more pronounced than the sector as a whole, as jewelry and watch sales ...
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Chicken legs from the US have made a comeback in Jordan after the latter scrapped a packaging norm. The rule that restricted the weight of chicken leg packs to 2.5kg, has been relaxed to allow up to 15kg. The Middle Eastern country ...
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The Netherlands has promised joint efforts with Bangladesh to ensure Bangladeshi apparel exporters get a fair price for their products in the international market, the Bangladeshi media has reported. Netherlands foreign trade and ...
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Chinese companies have been quick to move into the commercial drone market. But many have failed to target the right customers by marketing their products. Areas such as research, sales and promotions need to be beefed up if these ...
Growth in China's electricity consumption, an important indicator of economic activity, slightly recovered in May but still remained low, suggesting persistent weakness in the world's second largest economy. Power-use rose 1.6 percent ...