The exports of garments from the island nation of Sri Lanka to its major export destinations of the EU and the US recorded a remarkable growth of 30.7 percent year-on-year and 32.2 percent year-on-year, respectively, in September 2013, ...
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Proton plans to substantially increase its international sales over the next five years as the Malaysian manufacturer seeks to expand out further from its domestic market. At the Australian launch of the Proton Suprima S in Sydney last ...
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AarhusKarlshamn (AAK), a UK-based edible oils and fats producer, has inked a three-year deal with Premier Foods to supply vegetable oils, fats and related food ingredients. The development is part of Premier Foods 'Invest to Grow' program ...
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In September this year, the seasonally and working-day adjusted turnover in the German manufacturing industry decreased by 0.8 percent compared to the previous month, according to the preliminary data reported by Germany's Federal ...
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In October this year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 0.86 percent month on month and 10.3 percent year on year, with the growth rate in question down 0.1 percentage point compared to the year-on-year increase ...
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In the January-October period of this year, China's total fixed asset investments (excluding rural households) amounted to RMB 35.1669 trillion ($5.77 trillion), up 20.1 percent year on year, with this growth rate down 0.1 percentage point ...
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Pressure on resources to force change Greener growth and energy efficiency will be the key words for the future development of China's manufacturing sector in the face of growing pressure on resources and costs, a senior industrial ...
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Non-manufacturing activity continued to show solid growth in October, according to the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business. The ISM's index to measure growth—the NMI—inched up 1.0 ...
The HSBC purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China rose to a final reading of 50.9 in October from 50.2 in September, unchanged from the flash estimate released previously, HSBC Holdings PLC has announced. The final manufacturing PMI ...
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The euro zone manufacturing sector has carried its modest third quarter recovery into the final quarter of the year. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 51.3 in October, up from 51.1 in September and ...
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China's manufacturing sector is gradually gaining strength and paving the way for a steady economy, two surveys showed Friday, though mixed signals remain in areas including new orders. China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) ...
Manufacturing continued its run of steady progress in October, according to the most recent edition of the Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure ...
China's PMI Was 51.4 Percent in October National Bureau of Statistics of China Department of Service Statistics of NBS China Federation of Logistics and Purchases (CFLP) In October, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index ...
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The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 51.4 percent in October this year, up 0.3 percentage points compared to September, rising for the fourth consecutive month on month-on-month basis, according to ...
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Air freight markets stabilised in September, after an extended period of slow increase. Global freight tonne kilometres were up 0.5% in September year-on-year, a slowdown on the 3.4% growth in August, and there was no increase in volumes ...
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