The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it has launched antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations into imported calcium hypochlorite from China. Calcium hypochlorite is an ingredient in bleaching powder, ...
A project funded by the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) is helping to encourage Mexican meat processors to diversify their ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat meal offerings to include more U.S. poultry as a main ingredient. ISA – the ...
Tags: Soybeans, U.S.Soybeans, Value-Added Poultry, Egg Exports
The Brazilian steel mills including Usiminas, Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) and ArcelorMittal have planned to raise the prices for flat-rolled steel products by 6%~7.5% averagely. It’s said that Usiminas hiked prices by ...
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According to the latest statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), Turkey’s imports of stainless steel sheet increased by 31.74% to 39,445 tons in November of 2013 compared to the previous month. During the ...
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In December last year, the value of Taiwan's iron and steel exports increased by 5.58 percent year on year and by 11.18 compared to November to $1.48 billion, according to the preliminary statistics issued by Taiwan's Ministry of Finance. ...
Tags: Iron and Steel, Mineral
On January 13, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in December last year China's Ministry of Commerce issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 60.782 million mt, down 35.59 percent month on month, valued at ...
Tags: Iron Ore Import, Mineral
It is reported that Latin American steel demand will rise to 5% in 2014. The country's GDP growth is expected to boost steel demand growth, but the increase is not significant. Steel demand will be mainly affected by the national ...
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According to data released by the US Department of Commerce (DOC), the country's imports of steel products totaled 2.344 million tons in November, falling by 16.7% from a month ago and decreasing by 4.9% year on year. In November, the US's ...
Tags: Construction, Steel
The United Steelworkers (USW) supports the unanimous affirmative vote by the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to keep existing "orders" on OTR tires imported from China. According to the union, the decision ...
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WHEAT: U.S. wheat supplies for 2013/14 are unchanged this month, but lower expected use raises projected ending stocks 33 million bushels. Feed and residual use is lowered 60 million bushels reflecting disappearance for June-November as ...
Tags: Wheat Exports, Wheat, Bushels
In 1879, the incandescent light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison, according to a report by a South Daily Media Group subsidy. Yet, 135 years later today, incandescent bulbs will officially become history in the U.S. Starting from Jan. 1, ...
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Soybeans were higher on fund and commercial buying, along with spillover from corn. 2013 soybean production was up on the year and larger than expected at 3.29 billion bushels, while quarterly stocks were up on the year, but ending stocks ...
Tags: Corn, Corn Futures Prices, Prices Jump
U.S. oilseed production for 2013/14 is estimated at 97.3 million tons, up 0.9 milliontons from last month. Larger crops for soybeans, cottonseed, and peanuts are partly offset by reductions for sunflowerseed and canola. Soybean production ...
U.S. feed grain supplies for 2013/14 are projected lower with reduced production estimated for corn and sorghum. Harvested area for corn is raised 436,000 acres, but the estimated yield is lowered 1.6 bushels per acre to 158.8, reducing ...
Tags: Corn, Projected Corn, Corn Use for 2013/14
The forecasts for total red meat and poultry production for both 2013 and 2014 are lowered from December. For 2013, beef production is raised, but pork, broiler, and turkey production are reduced. The forecast for 2014 is reduced as lower ...
Tags: Hog, USDA Wasde, US Hog Prices