According to a report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), in 2013 Turkey's steel import volume increased by 25.4 percent to 14.85 million mt, valued at $12.81 billion, up 14.1 percent, both compared to ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Mineral
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), last year Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) imports amounted to 79,312 mt, increasing by 82 percent from 43,613 mt in 2012, while the revenue from these ...
Tags: PPGI Imports, Mineral
In 2013, amid slowing economic growth and sluggish demand in China, economies overseas witnessed a gradual recovery. Under such circumstances, China's stainless steel imports declined, while its exports continued to increase. Stainless ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Mineral
China imported a record 86.83 million mt of iron ore in January this year, up 21.29 million mt year on year and up 13.45 million mt month on month, according to the Chinese customs authorities. Average daily iron ore imports in January ...
Tags: Iron Ore Imports, Mineral
In January this year, production and sales of automotive vehicles in China amounted to 2.0517 million units and 2.1564 million units, up by 4.4 percent and six percent year on year respectively, while on month-on-month basis production of ...
Tags: Auto Output, Mineral
In January of the current year, the value of Taiwan's iron and steel exports increased by 0.58 percent year on year and by 5.25 compared to the previous month to $1.56 billion, according to the preliminary statistics issued by the Taiwanese ...
Tags: Iron, Steel Export
Agropur Cooperative today held its 75th Annual General Assembly with some 600 members, employees, business partners and guests from the Agri-Food industry in attendance, and reported solid financial health and a strong market position, ...
China has made some changes to its leather products’ import tariff, with effect from January 1, 2014. According to the information released by China Leather Network, there is no change in average MFN tariff of 12.6 percent for ...
Tags: Leather Products, Import Tariff
A combination of weak demand and expectations of lower import prices had weighed down on LPG spot prices in southern and eastern China over the week, domestic traders said Wednesday. Spot prices of imported LPG truck cargoes, including ...
Tags: LPG Prices, Import Prices
Stronger-than-expected growth in China's foreign trade last month has surprised the market and prompted many analysts to look for further hints of underlying economic strength. China's foreign trade volume climbed 10.3 percent year on ...
Tags: China's Trade, trade surplus
European imports of polyethylene terephthalate shot up by over 30% in 2013, according to Eurostat data published this week, and market participants believe that the specter of imports continues to loom over European producers. From ...
Based on the US Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis(SIMA)data,the American Iron and Steel Institute(AISI)reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of January total 3,080,000 ...
Tags: Steel Import, Steel, Mineral
Attendance was up on 2013's 72,595 visitors. Over 76,000 trade visitors from 112 countries travelled to the biggest Spielwarenmesse of all time, trumping last year's attendance of 72,595. The extra buyers and traders came mainly from ...
Tags: TOYS
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.5 percent in January this year, down 0.5 percentage points compared to December last year but remaining above 50 percent for the 16th consecutive month, ...
Tags: Pmi, Manufacturing Pmi
According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE), the country's trade balance indicated a $735 million surplus in January this year. In the given month, South Korea's ...