The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.6 percent in August from July, rising for the second consecutive month, according to the US ...
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U.S. jewelry and watch sales rose 4.3 percent year on year in July, according to preliminary government calculations, representing the strongest monthly gain so far this year. Earlier this month, and beginning with June's provisional sales ...
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U.S. jewelry store sales jumped 8 percent year on year to $2.37 billion in July, according to the government's retail survey. The increase for jewelry stores was stronger than the overall jewelry and watch sector, which recorded a ...
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The decline in cotton price and slowing demand for apparel and other textile products in key North American and European markets have put tremendous pressure on synthetic pricing in the past several months. The global synthetic fiber price ...
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Asia, which had generally led the global growth rate until the recent inventory glut hit China, is showing signs of improvement but remains the weakest region overall. Sales rose 5.4% in weighted currency but fell in US$ to $12,593 million ...
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In September this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector was at 43.6 percent, down by 4.8 percentage points as compared to August, still below the 50 percent threshold and falling to the lowest level of the ...
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The cotton growing area in China in the 12 months is expected to decline to 63.40 million mu (about 4.23 million hectares), down 9.4 percent from the previous year, and the cotton yield is also forecast to plunge by half a million tonnes to ...
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Given the predicted 1.8 million tons of surplus cotton production and changes in China’s cotton policy, prices are unlikely to rise to the levels seen in the last two seasons, says a report of the International Cotton Advisory ...
Switzerland-based dairy establishment Emmi will divest Trentinalatte, the yogurt manufacturer acquired in Italy in 2006, to The Livia Group. The move comes as Trentinalatte is anticipated to face decline in profits over the future, Emmi ...
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When the U.S. is switching to midterm election time, the media's attention is usually focused on domestic issues. It is not that international affairs are not important, but comparatively the public that is overwhelmed by local issues often ...
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Nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange are likely to trade within a range of $17,000-23,000/mt in 2015, Alto Capital research analyst Carey Smith said Friday. "Prices will average around the $20,000/mt level due mainly to the ...
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The exports of apparel form India shot up by 17.9 percent in the first five months of the ongoing financial year that began on April 1, 2014, according to the data from the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC). In April-August 2014, ...
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The production and sales of coal declined in the first eight months in China, according to the China Coal Industry Association Sunday. China produced 2.52 billion tonnes of coal from January to August this year, down 1.4 percent from the ...
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China and the U.S. are benefiting from and straining under 35 years of normalized relations. There have been tons of exports shipped from China to our shores during this time. However, none are more important than Chinese culture. The ...
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The exports of cotton from Egypt declined by 69.7 percent in the third quarter of the agricultural season 2013-14, according to the data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). Egypt exported 106,500 ...