According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), last year Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) imports amounted to 79,312 mt, increasing by 82 percent from 43,613 mt in 2012, while the revenue from these ...
Tags: PPGI Imports, Mineral
The Mexican Ministry of Economy announced Wednesday that it has imposed a final anti-dumping duty on imports of rolled steel plate from Russia, as part of a continuing investigation. Duties were set at 29.3 percent on Russian imports of ...
In 2013, amid slowing economic growth and sluggish demand in China, economies overseas witnessed a gradual recovery. Under such circumstances, China's stainless steel imports declined, while its exports continued to increase. Stainless ...
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China imported a record 86.83 million mt of iron ore in January this year, up 21.29 million mt year on year and up 13.45 million mt month on month, according to the Chinese customs authorities. Average daily iron ore imports in January ...
Tags: Iron Ore Imports, Mineral
In December last year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 66.1 percent year on year and increased by 12.63 percent compared to the previous month to 44,427 metric tons, following the 0.48 percent month-on-month decrease recorded ...
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Mexican steel producer DeAcero released a request Thursday that the US Department of Commerce avoid trade disputes with Mexico and focus on the defense of NAFTA regions, which receive unfair imports from China and the European Union. In ...
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Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it has completed the strategic review of its thin and precision strip operations in Kloster and Nyby, Sweden and in Dahlerbrück, Germany, launched in June 2013 with ...
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Indonesia launched a safeguard investigation regarding imports of I-beam with height or width of 100 mm up to 600 mm and H-sections with height of 100 mm up to 350 mm, of alloyed steel, according to a statement issued by the World Trade ...
In January of the current year, motor vehicle sales in Turkey totaled 34,288 units, decreasing by 7.68 percent year on year, according to the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD). In the given month, passenger car sales in ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, Automotive
South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 58,107 mt in December last year, decreasing by 52.8 percent compared to November and down 0.9 percent ...
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China imported 35.91 million metric tons of coal in January, up 17.5 percent from the same month of 2013, according to preliminary statistics released by the Chinese General Administration of Customs. The value of China's coal imports in ...
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China has made some changes to its leather products’ import tariff, with effect from January 1, 2014. According to the information released by China Leather Network, there is no change in average MFN tariff of 12.6 percent for ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing the initiation of the Secure Supply Chain Pilot Program to enhance the security of imported drugs. In August 2013, the FDA published a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 51192) to ...
A new natural gas discovery in southeast Sichuan province - the single biggest ever - could ease domestic shortages in as little as a year and give China a stronger hand in energy negotiations with Russia, according to some experts. China ...
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Stronger-than-expected growth in China's foreign trade last month has surprised the market and prompted many analysts to look for further hints of underlying economic strength. China's foreign trade volume climbed 10.3 percent year on ...
Tags: China's Trade, trade surplus