On 4th June 2013, the European Commission imposed anti-dumping duties on PV products imported from China. The initial duty will be 11.8% on all Chinese solar products and will be effective for the period June 6 to August 6, 2013 and ...
Tags: Construction&Decoration, Solar, China
Cass Johnson, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), released the following statement this morning after the United States Senate voted to confirm the nomination of Michael Froman to serve as United States Trade ...
Tags: America, Apparel&Accessories, NCTO
Rising energy costs are driving food and drink processors towards green solutions, with a 53% jump in the number of on-site renewable electricity projects in the sector last year, SmartestEnergy has claimed. The company, which claims to ...
An April survey of members of the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) shows an estimated expected growth of 2% to 3% for 2013 over 2012 figures, with another 1% to 2% increase anticipated in 2014. These are among the findings of ITA's ...
The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has said that the textile mills in the Punjab province of Pakistan are likely to face further losses due to energy crisis in the sector. Spokesperson of APTMA said the electricity ...
Tags: Pakistan, Textile, textile mills
World industrial production growth slightly increased in the first quarter of 2013 after a continuous decline since the second quarter of 2010. Despite this break from a nearly three-year downward trend, the prospect of recovery remains ...
Tags: Apparel Output, wearing apparel
The Eurozone manufacturing downturn eased for the first time in four months in May. Moreover, all sub indices from the latest survey improved on the earlier flash estimates except suppliers’ delivery times. At a 15-month high of ...
Tags: Manufacturing, May, Eurozone
Scottish food and drink manufacturers have led the country’s manufacturing sector to achieve a record £21M of business efficiency savings in the past year, according to new figures from Scottish Enterprise. Scottish food ...
Cass Johnson, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), released the following statement after the Senate Finance Committee’s confirmation hearing on the nomination of Michael Froman to serve as United States ...
Tags: NCTO, Apparel&Accessories, Textile
The Government of Mexico and representatives of Mexican textile and apparel associations have expressed confidence that they would be able to resolve the ongoing trade dispute with China in three months time, in view of the agreements ...
Tags: Textile
Cass Johnson, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), released the following statement in anticipation of the Senate Finance Committee’s confirmation hearing on the nomination of Michael Froman to serve as ...
China's Non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (2013.04) National Bureau of Statistics of China April March Increase Rate over Last Month Historical Average in April ...
Tags: economy
April March Increase Rate over Last Month Historical Average in April Manufacturing PMI 50.6 50.9 -0.3 55.4 Production Index 52.6 52.7 -0.1 ...
Non-manufacturing activity continued to remain in growth territory, according to data released by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) today. The ISM's monthly Non-Manufacturing Report on Business said that the index used by the ISM ...
In May, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.8 percent, up by 0.2 percentage point month-on-month. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was 51.1 percent, up by 0.1 percentage ...
Tags: PMI