Food prices in New Zealand were down by 0.8% in September, following the 0.3% gain in August, according to the latest report released by Statistics New Zealand. During the period, fruit and vegetable prices fell 6.5%. Lower vegetable ...
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Rainfall in the South African cane catchment areas has been well below the long-term mean and this topic has received substantial coverage over the past few months. Given the lower rainfall during the season, it is projected that sugar ...
The United States and Brazil have agreed to settle their long-standing Cotton dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO). As per the agreement, Brazil will relinquish all rights to countermeasures against US trade. In turn, the US ...
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Weak retail traffic and ramped-up discounts to clear merchandise, once again hit profits at denim jeans marketer - Levi Strauss & Co for the third fiscal quarter ended August 24, 2014. In the third fiscal quarter, Levis posted profit of ...
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Net sales for the fourth fiscal quarter ending August 31, 2013 at NASDAQ-listed Costco Wholesale Corporation totalled to $34.75 billion, up 9% from $31.77 billion in fiscal year ending August 31, 2013. Net sales for the full fiscal year ...
China's crude oil imports in September rose 7.4% year on year to 27.58 million mt or an average 6.74 million b/d, the second highest on record, preliminary data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs showed. Crude ...
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Platts’ analysis shows apparent oil demand in August was 41.19 million metric tons (mt), or an average 9.74 million barrels per day (b/d) — an increase of 3.7% year over year. This growth came despite a slew of bearish economic ...
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The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.6 percent in August from July, rising for the second consecutive month, according to the US ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the January-July period of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 40.5 million mt, up one percent as compared with the same period ...
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Russian exports of stainless steel products in the January-August period of this year decreased by 66.5 percent year on year, according to Russia-based SpetsStal Association. In particular, in the given period exports of stainless billets ...
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According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in August this year Turkey's foreign trade deficit increased by 13.5 percent to $8.36 ...
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In the first eight months of the current year, Russia registered a 2.3 percent rise in its crude steel output to 47.2 million mt, a 0.9 percent rise in its pig iron production to 33.8 million mt and a 3.3 percent increase in its rolled ...
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U.S. chain-store sales increased 3.2 percent year on year for the week that ended on August 9, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. However, comparable-store sales fell 1.4 percent compared ...
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U.S. consumer confidence moved closer to the historical average of 100 points in August, according to The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which recorded a reading of 92.4 points (1985=100), up from 81.5 points in August ...
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U.S. jewelry and watch sales rose 4.3 percent year on year in July, according to preliminary government calculations, representing the strongest monthly gain so far this year. Earlier this month, and beginning with June's provisional sales ...
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