Furniture factory orders in May were 6% ahead of May 2012, but were up just 4% for the first five months of the year, according to the latest survey from the accounting and consulting firm Smith Leonard. The survey also showed that May ...
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Mexico’s apparent domestic consumption of liquid steel amounted to 9.12 million tons in the first five months of this year, decreasing by 8.8% year on year, according to data released by the National Chamber of Iron and Steel Industry ...
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From January to June, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 2,583.66 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1 percent over the same period last year, 1.2 percentage points lower than that in the first five months. Of ...
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Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Gerrit van Rensburg says the Western Cape could learn a lot from the Chinese, especially in rural development and green technology. Van Rensburg and other stakeholders, including Wines of South ...
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France turned out to be the largest destination for Spanish knitwear exports during the first five months of the current year, according to the data released by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. From January to May 2013, ...
Suppliers sold fewer bikes in June compared to last year, suggesting it is unlikely that the industry will recover from weak sales early in the year. Suppliers were unable to continue momentum from a strong May. Bike sales to IBDs were ...
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Reportedly, the stainless steel prices have dipped to 4-year low at end of June, caused by falling nickel prices. It’s learned that Taigang Stainless, the largest stainless producer in China has cut its ex-work prices of 304 ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Mineral
According to statistics released by the Italian steel producers association (Federacciai), Italy’s exports of steel products from the non-EU countries totaled 2.203 million tons in the first five months of this year, decreasing by 9% ...
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According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q3 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), EU steel imports remained at a high level in the second quarter of the current year, after ...
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's coking coal imports totaled 6.08 million metric tons in May this year, down by 18 percent month on month and down 0.8 percent compared to May 2012. In May, Japan's ...
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Qncepto comprehensive data shows, the Kazakhstan car sales in May increased by 65.7%, to 12217 vehicles. Experts said, Lada(Inventory growth of 32.5%),KIA(Inventory growth of 12.5%), Chevrolet(Inventory growth of 11%), Toyota(Inventory ...
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According to data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance, Japan’s exports of stainless steel flat products totaled 60,891 tons in May, falling by 4.2% from a month ago and decreasing by 3.5% year on year. In the first five ...
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Japan's exports of stainless steel flat products totaled 60,891 tons in May, decreasing by 4.2% from a month ago and falling by 3.5% year on year, according to data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance. In the first five months of this ...
Tags: Stainless Steel Flat, Steel, Construction
The countries that have signed CAFTA-DR free trade agreement may lose about 100,000 jobs in the textile industry if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is signed in its current form, which allows Vietnam to import raw materials ...
Tags: CAFTA-DR Textile Sector, Textile
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in May this year Turkey's coking coal imports amounted to 2.35 million mt, up 10 percent year on year and increasing by 24.9 percent compared to April. Turkey's ...
Tags: Coking Coal Imports, Mineral