The garments factories located in Western and Eastern Java of Indonesia have opted for relocation to central Java because of its cheaper labour costs. Major reason cited for the relocation of garment factories to central Java is that the ...
Tags: Garment Units, Lower Labour Costs
World 2013/14 cotton trade is forecast to decline 12 percent from a year ago, to 39.5 million bales, due to a combination of lower exportable supplies and China’s policy-driven lower demand for foreign cotton. The 2013/14 ...
The 2013 DHL Export Barometer reveals the continuing hurdles of a strong Australian dollar and a plunging business outlook from the mining sector have impacted exporters’ profitability outlook but not their confidence. Exporter ...
Tags: Australian, Dollar, Service
Dairy technology firm Waikato Milking Systems is establishing a new complex known as Northgate in the Waikato business park, Hamilton with an investment of NZ$12m ($9.71m). The two-building complex will bring together the company's ...
Tags: Milking Systems, Dairy Technology
It is now widely known, the integration of Australian Viterra AgriProducts and Wool businesses into Landmark has been completed; and that Landmark has made the decision to exit the wool exporting business. This means the closure of ...
Tags: Wool Exporting, Landmark
Ferroalloy refers to the different alloys of iron that are made up of by the mixing of two or three different elements like manganese, silicon, molybdenum and others. These are used further to produce other products like steel and other ...
Tags: Ferro Alloys, Metallurgy
Europe may levy anti-dumping tariffs on China-made solar products. This will increase the prices of China-made solar products in Europe. To retaliate, China will likely impose tariffs on Europe-based polysilicon through its on-going ...
Tags: Solar Trade Row, EU Members
Norway-based dairy producer, distributor and exporter TINE has selected Tetra Pak’s new bio-based LightCap 30 on Tetra Brik Aseptic (TBA) Edge for a range of products. TINE's Piano vanilla sauce, TINE iced coffee, iced tea and ...
Swedish food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has introduced a new bio-based LightCap 30 made from renewable material. The high density polyethylene (HDPE) LightCap 30 is made from renewable polyethylene obtained from sugar ...
Tags: food packaging, food processing
Brandix i3, the Brandix Group’s IT Consultancy and Services Company, has been certified compliant with ISO 9001:2008, just one year after the company commenced operations. The certification by International Certification Services ...
1. Know about your potential suppliers. It is best if you have information of whether your potential suppliers are third party suppliers, exporters, or actual manufacturers in China. Keep in mind that in international trade, business ...
Tags: Importing From China
Northeast Asian PET producers on Wednesday expressed concern about rising competition from Southeast Asian producers in the European market, after the EU Council removed antidumping duties on PET imports from five Asian nations. On ...
Tags: Dumping Duties, Pet Producers
Iran’s proposal for forming a joint petrochemical forum by eight developing Muslim nations (D8) has won support from Turkey and Egypt, two leading petrochemical and engineering polymer producers of the Middle East, Iranian Deputy Oil ...
Tags: D8 Petrochem Forum, Textile
Iran's Petrochemical Commercial Co is expected to offer more LPG to Asia after selling a cargo to South Korea, possibly its first to this region in 2013 since an EU ban late last year, by using ships made available for CFR deliveries, ...
Brazil imported 8,989 tons of heavy plates in April, jumping from 795 tons in March but falling from 18,473 tons in the same month of 2012, according to data released by the national foreign trade ministry (MDIC). In April, Japan was the ...
Tags: heavy plates, Heavy Plate Imports