The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed the release of “Imports Work for America,” a study by Trade Partnership Worldwide, LLC, that measures the comprehensive net effect of imports on the U.S. economy. In ...
The merger of Taiwan-based solar cell makers Neo Solar Power (NSP) and DelSolar, a solar subsidiary of Delta Electronics, will be completed on May 31, 2013, said Quincy Lin, chairman and CSO of NSP. Lin added that the merger occurred at a ...
Drop of the CEPEA/ESALQ Index observed for 15 business days were halted in late April; however, the lowest import and export parities, because of international price decreases, may press down quotes. Between April 3 and 24, 2013, the ...
Tags: Cotton Price, Textile
The Government of Canada is planning to extend the no-tariff provision for another 10 years to the Least Developed Countries (LDC) identified by the United Nations, which includes leading textile and garment manufacturing countries such as ...
The Ukraine is planning to introduce export duty on roundwood for a period of five years starting from 1 January 2014. Under the latest draft law, which was examined by the Ukrainian parliament in February 2013 in its first reading, an ...
Tags: Ukraine, Log Exports
The textile and apparel manufacturers of Korea are expecting a boost in exports to Turkey, as the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries is scheduled to take effect from May 1, 2013. Korea and Turkey had started ...
Tags: Korean Textile, Textile
Just weeks before the European Union and the United States are slated to begin historic free trade agreement talks, some U.S. manufacturers were jolted by the EU's recent decision to dramatically increase tariffs on specific US-made goods, ...
Tags: Denim Trousers, Apparel
Chinese coal miners plan to lobby concerned authorities to release tariff policies to restrict coal import of the nation. People in the know said in an interview on April 17 that coal miners in the market planned to lobby concerned ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Recently, Baosteel Group Co., Ltd. chairman Xu Lejiang and his retinue attends 2013 International Iron and Steel Association Council special session and Executive Committee 49th meeting held in Vienna, Austria. During the meeting, Xu ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, steel
The worldwide market for solar storage is forecast to grow rapidly to reach US$19 billion in 2017, from less than US$200 million in 2012, according to IHS. Following the introduction of an energy storage subsidy in Germany, global ...
Reflecting a major shift in the global solar market after four years of severe erosion, prices for solar modules in the key Europe market are rising due to number of factors, including the newly restored balance between supply and demand. ...
Tags: Solar Module Prices, Solar Module, Lighting
Furniture imports to the U.S. rebounded in 2012 thanks to improvements in the economy, largely driven by stock market gains and improvements in housing, according to Furniture Today's 2013 Imports/Exports Report. Our research indicated ...
Tags: Furniture, Furniture Imports
The benefits of solar energy have been widely published for many years, with the technology able to make significant inroads on carbon emissions as well as reducing the financial costs of running a home. However, recent studies and ...
While feed-in-tariffs are a well-established incentive scheme, which many homeowners have benefited from since they were introduced, the government's new Green Deal financing scheme is very much in its infancy. With feed-in tariff ...
Tags: solar panels, solar
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) organized a webinar on US imports from Pakistan under Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program in collaboration with US Embassy and Ministry of Commerce. Speaking on the occasion, ...
Tags: Scope, GSP Scheme, Textiles