World 2014/15 cotton mill use is forecast at 111.8 million bales, up 2 percent from 2013/14, reflecting an expanding global economy. The two largest consuming countries are China and India, with a combined cotton mill use of over 60 million ...
Tags: Cotton Consumption, global economy
Apparel exports from Turkey totaled $6.2 billion during the first four months of 2014, registering a rise of 11 percent, compared to the same period last year, as per the data released by the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters’ ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, knitted apparel
In April this year, South Korea's total automotive (cars and commercial vehicles) output amounted to 433,799 units, up 1.95 percent month on month and rising by 12.34 percent year on year, constituting the third consecutive year-on-year ...
Tags: Auto Output, automotive exports
Russia does not plan to reduce export volumes of its crude and gas in the next 10-20 years, but expects to increase exports of high quality oil products as major modernization of its refineries is in the final stages, Lukoil CEO Vagit ...
Tags: Crude Exports, Gas Exports
In the first four months of the current year, Georgia's total external trade turnover with Turkey, which is the top trading partner of the country, totaled $520.14 million, including exports of $67.54 million, up 29.7 percent, and imports ...
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has stated that the Indian Supreme Court order for the temporary closure of about 26 iron ore mines in the Indian state of Odisha may result in a significant fall in ...
Tags: Iron Ore, import duty
Turkish iron ore imports increased by 25% in the first quarter, on the back of higher blast furnace-based steel output and mills' restocking activity, according to statistics published this week. Data released by the Turkish Statistical ...
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According to the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), in the Jan.-Apr. period the island exported US$6.4 billion worth of machinery, up 8.2% year on year (YoY), thanks partly to a surge in shipments of tools to mainland China in ...
In the first quarter this year, Colombia exported 33,206 mt of ferronickel, increasing by 5.4 percent, with a value of $136.31 million, down 24.7 percent, both year on year, as announced by the Colombian National Administrative Department ...
Tags: Ferronickel Exports, ferronickel
Europe is likely to remain a net importer of caustic soda as capacity is threatened by the EU's 2017 deadline to make the costly switch to greener technology, Michael Trager, CEO of German PVC producer Vestolit, said this week. "In the ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the first four months of the current year amounted to 11.13 million metric tons, 0.1 percent higher year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel ...
Tags: Steel Exports, crude steel
In April this year, Mexico's car and light commercial vehicle production volume increased by 3.9 percent year on year to 248,031 units, according to the release from the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry (AMIA). In the given ...
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In March this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 22.47 million mt, increasing by 13.75 percent year on year, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase). ...
Tags: Vale, Iron Ore Exports
The US shale gas and oil boom of recent years is "very profound, but sometimes taken out of proportion," International Energy Agency chief economist Fatih Birol said at the Flame conference in Amsterdam Tuesday. Birol said that of the ...
The three coal terminals at Australia's Newcastle port increased their combined shipments of thermal and coking coal 39% week on week to 3.45 million mt on Monday, hitting a 13-week high, according to Newcastle Port Corp. data released ...
Tags: Terminals'Coal, coal