Grid operators have met their match and it's a growing number of distributed generators—erstwhile electricity consumers who've ended their reliance on the grid because their needs are met by rooftop solar panels. But this exodus from ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The increase in electricity tariff will push the prices of Indonesian garments by up to 50 percent, making the industry less competitive in both domestic and export markets, Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Producers Association (Asosiasi ...
Tags: Power Tariff, Garment Prices
China's Commerce Ministry on Monday imposed five-year duties on solar-grade polysilicon imports from the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK). Starting on Monday, China will apply anti-subsidy duties of up to 2.1 percent and ...
Tags: tariffs, trade disputes
On December 31st, 2013, SolarWorld Industries America Inc. filed an application to Department of Commerce and United States International Trade Commission (USITC), asking the associations to investigate PV cells imported from both Mainland ...
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The National Pork Producers Council applauded today's introduction of congressional legislation to grant President Obama Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) as a means to conclude a successful Pacific Rim trade deal. The Obama administration ...
Turkish steelmakers saw export volumes fall 7.3% in 2013 to 18.4 million metric tonnes, while revenues dropped 10.6% to $13.9 billion, the Turkish Steel Exporters' Association (CIB) said Monday. Inroads made into exporting to countries ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
The Japan and the US markets directly or indirectly accounted for 50% and 30% of total orders received by Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers in 2013, according to industry sources. The total capacity of PV systems ...
Tags: Solar Cell, Lights, Lighting, Electrical, Electronics
After two years of a punishing downturn, the global solar industry is on the rebound, said Ash Sharma, senior research director for solar at IHS. "Worldwide PV installations are set to rise by double digits in 2014, solar manufacturing ...
Tags: Solar Market, solar industry
The executive director of the Canadian Pork Council says the quicker Canada can achieve a free trade agreement with South Korea the quicker the Canadian pork industry will be able to catch up to its major competitors in that market. While ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Pork
A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of ...
Tags: honey, Chinese honey, food safety
A Renewable Energy Village has taken root in farmland contaminated by radiation fallout from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. The project's vision of combining solar panels with growing crops aims to inspire Japanese ...
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Feed-in tariffs (FIT) have been the preferred policy in many regions of the world to help support investors to rapidly increase installation of renewable energy installations projects and markets. Under most FITs, homeowners, businesses, ...
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As per Annex-IX of the EU Regulation-978, the entire textiles and clothing products i.e. HS chapter 50 to 63 are included in GSP Plus Scheme and will be exported duty free from January 1, 2014 although the official Notification will be ...
Tags: Textile Exports, EU
There's some optimism that the dispute over US country of origin labeling could be resolved through the development of the new US farm bill. "They're working on it very hard right now, trying to get their farm bill done. We feel there's a ...
A coalition of agricultural organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council is likely to oppose a final Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement if it includes Japan but that country doesn’t agree to comprehensive ...
Tags: Agriculture, TPP Deal