European high density polyethylene imports were up 13.5% for the first eleven months of 2013 compared to same time period in 2012 driven by reduced HDPE production in Europe, Eurostat data showed Wednesday. EU-28 imported 1,061,966 mt of ...
Tags: Polyethylene, European Production
Pork exports during November were down 2.9% compared to a year earlier due to almost no pork going to Russia. Pork imports were up 14.3% in November due to more pork from Canada. In November, 22.2% of U.S. pork production was exported. ...
Tags: Pork, Agriculture, Food
In November last year, Turkey's steel scrap import volume decreased by 24.43 percent year on year to 1.31 million metric tons, down 29.51 percent compared to the previous month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical ...
China is the world’s largest furniture exporting country; the foreign-trade dependence remained about 25%. In 2012 the export amount of furniture and the parts reached $ 48.824 billion, from 2002 to 2012, the furniture exports ...
Tags: Chinese Furniture
For the first time in its production history, Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) exceeded the annual level of 4 million tons of crude steel and finished 2013 with a total volume of 4.155 million tons--7 percent more than the 2012 total. The ...
Tags: Steel Production, Mineral
Driven by robust performance from its fiber-related business, Japanese textile company GSI Creos Corporation witnessed a strong rise in sales revenue in the first half of FY 2013-14. The company, which is primarily engaged in the ...
Tags: GSI, fabric-related business, FY 2013-14
International Market Centers officials say the Las Vegas Market has reached 96% occupancy for the Jan. 26-Jan. 30 show. The 96.4% occupancy on 21 floors is the highest level for permanent floors since Building C opened in 2008. A floor of ...
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The Mexican Secretary of Economy (SE) published last week the final determination of the antidumping investigation on imports of Chinese seamless steel pipe. In the Official Gazette (DOF), the agency said that based on the results of its ...
The price of iron ore is predicted to drop this year as growth of China's steel production slows and the supply of raw materials from international mining giants increases, according to industry experts. An estimate from UBS AG earlier ...
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As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the German economy has indicated slower growth in 2013 as compared to the preceding years. The country's price, season and calendar adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in ...
Tags: Destatis, German economy, slower growth
India has become a net exporter of steel during the April-December period, according to Joint Plant Committee (JPC), a unit of Steel Ministry. India’s steel imports dropped by 29.2% to 4.1 million tons during the April-December ...
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Indian Ficci has urged the government to extend anti-dumping duty on all grades and widths of stainless steel product imports from China. India had imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of stainless steel cold rolled flat products in the ...
Tags: Indian Ficci, anti-dumping duty, stainless steel product, China
India is targeting a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 8-9 per cent in the coming years and to enable this growth, the economy needs the support of its power sector and India's electrical equipment industry is expected to play a ...
On Thursday, the CME Group corn market hits a 40-month low, wheat drops to 2-year low. Meanwhile, soybeans close higher. The March corn futures contract ended 5cents lower at $4.12. Earlier, the corn market reached $4.08, the lowest since ...
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Indonesian cement sales increased by 5.6 per cent in 2013, less than half the rate of growth of 14.5 per cent the year before, due to slower demand particularly outside the main consumption hub of Java. Domestic cement sales for the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration