The textile and apparel manufacturers of Korea are expecting a boost in exports to Turkey, as the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries is scheduled to take effect from May 1, 2013. Korea and Turkey had started ...
Tags: Korean Textile, Textile
Just weeks before the European Union and the United States are slated to begin historic free trade agreement talks, some U.S. manufacturers were jolted by the EU's recent decision to dramatically increase tariffs on specific US-made goods, ...
Tags: Denim Trousers, Apparel
While US policymakers, legislators and others are focused on whether the fundamentals of US gas market would change significantly if large volumes of LNG are exported, there are emerging questions about the federal government's ability to ...
Tags: LNG Exports, Chemicals
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world largest heavy-duty equipment and truck auction house, held the first unreserved public auction in China on April 18. The one-day auction recorded a transaction value of millions of dollars and over 500 ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
The trade ministers of the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries -- which include Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam -- met on the margins of the ...
Tags: TPP
With five minutes to present an idea that could make a big impact on the industry, five industry leaders took to the stage Thursday morning during a session moderated by Jenn Dice, vice president of government relations for Bikes Belong, at ...
The EU and Japan finished the first week-long round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) less than a month after negotiations were officially launched. The EU team is headed up by Mauro Petriccione, Director in the European ...
Tags: Textile
The Turkish Steel Exporters' Association (CIB) has stated that certain circles in Colombia have started a campaign of defamation against imports from Turkey, claiming that Turkish products are not up to standard, with the aim of hindering ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Mineral
The Wool Market The market has turned down since the lift in prices in January, when the AWEX Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) rose by 39¢ to 1111¢. Unfortunately, a series of downturns during March took the EMI back to 1059¢ ...
Tags: Wool Indicator, AWEX Wool, Wool Market
During the panel discussion at the SteelOrbis Market Talks Meeting held in Turkey's capital Ankara on April 12, Veysel Yayan, general secretary of the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (DCUD), informed participants that Turkey ...
Tags: Veysel Yayan, Steel Consumption
Japan's Marubeni plans to begin transporting LNG from the US to South Korea via a joint venture with a major South Korean shipping group, the Nikkei newspaper reported Friday. The Japanese trading house and SK Shipping have jointly ...
Textile companies in Mexico's Yucatan province would benefit as the Tax Administration Service (SAT) has decided to issue certificates to them, according to the Association of Maquila Exports in Yucatan. Maquilas are free trade zones in ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Sat Certification
Cotton Council International (CCI), through its COTTON USA Sourcing Program, will host a booth at the Colombiamoda trade fair in Medellin from July 23-25 to promote U.S. cotton yarns and fabrics. The Sourcing Program will showcase 13 U.S. ...
Tags: Textiles, Colombiamoda Trade Fair
Toyota Australia last month recorded its second highest monthly export figures for the 2012/13 financial year. A total of 7,383 Camry, Camry Hybrid and Aurion vehicles were exported during the month of March. Of these about 97 per ...
President Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, Ernest Moniz, on Tuesday reiterated the Obama administration's position that decisions to license liquefied natural gas exports from the US should be based on a transparent, analytic ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy