Corn export demand has risen in the last month, and that's likely to push futures prices to a range of about 5 to 15 cents higher than a month ago, according to Wednesday's USDA-NASS World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Corn
Private investor Agri-Vie is reportedly seeking to invest in Nigerian food companies, as the African country tries to reduce its dependence on oil and lower imports. Cape Town, South Africa-headquartered firm plans to invest in food ...
Tags: Agri-Vie, Nigerian food companies
The China government has lowered its rare earths export quotas for 2014 by 30% compared to 2013 after the actual export volume last year was lower than its original estimates. Prices of cerium, yttrium and terbium oxide (rare earths used in ...
Tags: Rare Earths, LED, Metallurgy, Mineral
Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 6.1 percent in April, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. ...
The global LNG market will remain tight through the end of the decade as growing demand in Asia, South America and Europe outpaces supply constrained by high costs and underdeveloped infrastructure, according to a study released Thursday by ...
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Japan's ethylene and ethylene derivatives exports in February fell 16.1% from a month earlier to 192,100 ethylene equivalent ton, or EET, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. From a year earlier, the exports were ...
Russian authorities have imposed a ban on imports of dairy products into the country from six Ukrainian factories. Trade relations between the two countries were deteriorating since Russia annexed Crimea last month. The Russian consumer ...
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NY cotton futures fell four straight sessions before pulling back up Friday, ending the week lower by dropping 134 points in the spot May contract month. Monday’s weaker session set the tone for this week’s trading as USDA ...
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Batting for domestic silk producers, apex industry body ASSOCHAM recommended extension of anti-dumping duty on imports of raw silk from China till December 2015 in order to boost India's raw silk production. "India's silk industry is an ...
In the first two months of this year, Turkey's scrap imports moved upwards, after decreasing 12 percent in 2013 compared to 2012, according to the report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the given ...
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The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total February exports of $190.4 billion and imports of $232.7 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $42.3 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In February this year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 23.48 percent year on year and decreased by 13.62 percent compared to the previous month to 35,254 metric tons, following the 8.14 percent month-on-month decrease recorded ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
According to a report released Thursday by Statistics Canada, Canada's merchandise exports grew 3.6 percent and imports were up 2.1 percent in February. As a result, Canada's trade balance with the world went from a deficit of $337 million ...
The Turkish Steel Exporters' Association (CIB) has announced that the safeguard investigations launched by Colombia in August 2013 regarding rebar, steel section and pipe imports from Turkey have been concluded in favor of Turkey. ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Chinese tire makers, already the dominant players in the U.S. tire import/export arena, strengthened their position measurably last year, raising their exports of passenger and light truck tires to the U.S. 55.8 and 75.8 percent, ...
Tags: tire, tyre, Light Truck Tire