China's annual economic growth likely slowed to 7.2 percent in the fourth quarter, the weakest since the depths of the global crisis, a Reuters poll showed, which would keep pressure on policymakers to head off a sharper slowdown this year. ...
Tags: economic growth, GDP data
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has spelt out new guideline for improving China's PV industry, looking to have leading makers merge with small ones, or form strategic alliances in 2015-2017. MIIT hopes the ...
Tags: PV Industry, domestic market, Lights
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) anticipates that, despite expected growth in cotton consumption this season, a world production surplus of 1.7 million tons is still expected. This, according to ICAC, will bring 2014/15 ...
Tags: cotton consumption, Textile
Textile trade fair, Colombiatex of the Americas which runs from January 27-29, 2015 in Colombia will see nearly 500 exhibitors showing various textile goods ranging from yarns, fabrics, dyes and chemicals, etc. In the last 17 years, ...
Undoubtedly one of the catch-phrases that Chinese stock investors like to hear most is "opening up". The government has already taken numerous steps to ease restrictions on foreign capital in the domestic stock market. You must have heard ...
Tags: stock investors, Chinese currency
The total revenue of China's express delivery market hit 204 billion yuan (33 billion U.S. dollars) in 2014, up 42 percent, official data showed on Tuesday. Businesses made 14 billion deliveries last year, the most in the world and 52 ...
A Batik Fun Walk was organised in Kuala Lumpur last month, in which 2,700 people of all ages took part in the walk. The yearly event, organised by Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia (Penyayang) is to create more interest in batik and take ...
Tags: bags, shoes, gift wrappers, Textile
Under the continued prudent monetary policy, China will use monetary instruments pragmatically and maintain moderate liquidity to achieve reasonable growth in loans and private financing, the central bank said on Wednesday. After the ...
Williams Partners is expecting ethylene production for sale to begin this month at its Geismar plant as commissioning efforts for the project near completion. “This commissioning effort has been especially challenging after the ...
Indian synthetic fibre and yarn producers have urged the Union Ministry of Finance to abolish excise duty of 12 per cent levied on the industry and bring it at par with the cotton fibre and yarn sector. “This will help the growth of ...
Tags: cotton fibre, yarn sector, Textile
With demand for premium European textile products growing, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2015 will once again feature SalonEurope and the Milano Unica pavilions. Leading European apparel fabrics and ...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF), Oman, has started to restore the local cotton variety farming in Oman and aims to cultivate up to 120 acres of land in the next few years, Muscatdaily.com reported. The revival project ...
Tags: raw material, cotton cultivation, Textile
Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd is planning to increase investments in emerging markets like Venezuela, as the heavy machinery maker seeks ways to sustain growth amid tough market conditions at home. The company said on Thursday that its auto ...
Tags: Heavy Industry, Emerging Markets
Chinese manufacturers signalled weaker growth momentum at the end of 2014, fresh evidence of headwinds facing the Chinese economy, a recent HSBC report showed. After adjusting for seasonal factors, the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index ...
Tags: Manufacturing Activity
The People's Bank of China, the central bank, will change rules on how it calculates the loan-to-deposit ratios of banks from next year, a move that is expected to make available more funds for lending. The central bank will expand the ...
Tags: Deposit Calculation Rules, POB