The tariffs are coming. With them will be an increase in tire prices. That seems to be the way the winds are blowing, following early decisions by the United States International Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce. At ...
Tags: Tariffs, Higher Prices, Auto Parts
The steel trade balance in Mexico grew in the last 10 years by 150 percent, according to a report issued this week from the National Chamber of the Iron and Steel Industry (CANACERO. Foreign trade of steel has a deficit, according to the ...
Tags: Steel, Iron, Steel Industry
The reversal of Chinese cotton policy and import of cheaper yarn from India led to a slowdown in yarn production in the country, according to a report released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). ‘The State of Pakistan’s ...
Tags: SBP, Apparel, Accessories
Taiwan-based makers have lowered quotes for polycrystalline silicon solar cells with a prevailing energy conversion rate of 17.8% from US$0.40-41/W in early June to US$0.33/W currently, slightly higher than the US$0.3/W quoted by ...
Tags: solar cell, taiwan
Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has reported consolidated revenues of NT$982 million (US$32.7 million) for July, increasing 7.1% sequentially but decreasing 29.42% on year, and January-July consolidated revenues totaled NT$9.641 billion, ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Solar cell
While the US Department of Commerce has set preliminary anti-subsidy and anti-dumping tariffs on PV products imported from China, China-based PV module makers can choose lighter tariffs imposed on 2012 instead of the new rates to keep their ...
Zhang Mei, The head of Equipment Center Exhibition Department, State Sports General Administration, revealed in an interview with reporters in Mar. 20, 2013 that the number of China's sporting goods exporting countries has now accumulated ...
Tags: Sporting, Sporting Goods and Outdoor Playground Equipment Industry
Taiwan-based polycrystalline silicon solar cell makers, due to increasing price competition from China-based makers, plan to increase or step into production of monocrystalline models, which are relatively profitable, according to PV ...
Tags: polycrystalline, Solar Cell
The China government has imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs on solar-grade polysilicon imported from the US, Europe and South Korea, but much of the US-produced polysilicon has been imported through export processing zones ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping, Solar-Grade Polysilicon, Solar
Chinese PV industry has been facing serious challenges since the beginning of 2014, and the market change is now affecting Taiwan. Some Chinese makers started to cut Taiwanese orders and this may bring negative influence to Taiwanese PV ...
Tags: PV Industry, PV Cells
According to EnergyTrend, Taiwan-based solar cell makers' capacity utilization has dropped recently because of countervailing duty (CVD) and anti-dumping duty (AD) issues. However, it is rumored that some makers plan to expand their module ...
Tags: PV Module, solar cell, module capacity
Taiwan-based polycrystalline silicon solar cell makers, viewing that China-based PV module makers have drastically reduced orders arising from US imposition of preliminary anti-subsidization tariffs on PV modules imported from China, have ...
Since the US Department of Commerce in early June imposed preliminary anti-subsidy tariffs on solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, solar cells and PV modules imported from China, China-based wafer makers have lowered quotes from ...
Tags: Solar-Grade Wafer, Anti-Subsidy
Hydroponics and organics expected blossom in a thriving agricultural sector Hydroponics, organic farming and recently secured free trade agreements are expected to deliver increased revenue for agriculture over the next five years, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
According to a report Monday from the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), US steel exports grew for the second month in a row in April, expanding 3.8 percent from March to 1.08 million net tons. Exports were 3.7 percent ...
Tags: Steel Exports, US steel