The group has just been awarded a PEFC sustainable forest management certification. APRIL is Indonesia’s second largest paper and pulp company, and will rely solely on plantations to provide the fibre for its pulp, and not ...
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China is adopting a more welcoming attitude toward the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a US-led free-trade agreement now being negotiated by 12 countries, the official media has reported. Zhang Jianping, director of the department of ...
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German automobile major Mercedes-Benz has expanded its global output network, kicking off the production of GLA compact SUV at its Pune manufacturing facility in India. In what becomes an addition to such network having Thailand, Vietnam, ...
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Indonesian pulp and paper major Asia Pacific Resources International (April) has decided to make peace with green activists, throwing its weight behind the drive to put an end to deforestation. In response to international pressure group ...
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Japanese food producer Ajinomoto will enter the Indonesian bread market to ramp up expansion of its consumer foods business in the country as well as build a frozen noodle production plant in the US. The company will establish Ajinomoto ...
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In the 2015/16 season, world cotton imports may recover modestly, increasing 2 per cent to 7.7 million tons with imports outside of China rising by 3 per cent to 6.1 million tons. In 2011/12, Chinese imports more than doubled from the ...
Despite significant regional challenges, international retailers are taking the long-term view on investments in developing markets and are persisting in finding solutions, according to global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. The ...
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World demand for silicones is forecast to rise 5.7 percent per year to $19.3 billion in 2019. The pace of growth in value terms will be in line with that seen over the 2009-2014 period, largely due to an improved outlook for silicone ...
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Less than five months away, organisers of autumn edition of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, Messe Frankfurt said the trade show is already on target to exceed last year’s exhibition space. Located at the new and larger ...
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In first-quarter 2015, smartphone sales reached 310 million units, up 7% year-on-year but slowing from the 19% year-on-year growth in Q4/2014 (which reached 346 million units). This was due to year-on-year shrinkage of -14% in China and -5% ...
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South Korea, which sends around a quarter of its exports to China, is one of the few countries in the world to run a trade surplus with the Asian giant. Both countries want more of this trade to be done in yuan, which would make trade ...
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China Gas Water Heater (HS:841911) Industry Export Analysis from Jan. to Sep. 2014 China Gas Water Heater Export Volume and Value from Jan. to Sep. 2014 Month Volume (Unit) Value(USD) ...
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China’s cotton yarn market, one of the biggest in the world, has been relatively quiet since the country ended its cotton stockpiling policy last year. However, exhibitors at the Yarn Expo Spring show in 2015 had said they have seen ...
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Apparel marketer PVH Corp will use Talon International’s Tekfit proprietary stretch technology in collars of its dress shirts. In a press release, Talon a supplier of zippers, apparel fasteners, trim and stretch technology ...
Jan. to Sep. 2014, China Ionic-Beam Arc Processes, Water-Jet Cutting Machines (HS: 8456) Major Export Countries/Regions Distribution (Sort by Export Value) NO. Countries/Regions Jan. - Sep. ...
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