USDA in its latest report warns that countries with policies that support prices above the world levels may in turn reduce their export competitiveness for both cotton and textiles, especially yarn and fabric. China’s new cotton ...
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Long before China became the go-to destination for foreign manufacturing, there was Hong Kong. During the 1960s and 1970s Hong Kong was a low-cost center for manufacturing and the electronics industry’s window into the vast market ...
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The United States and Brazil have agreed to settle their long-standing Cotton dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO). As per the agreement, Brazil will relinquish all rights to countermeasures against US trade. In turn, the US ...
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Brazil and the U.S. have ended a longstanding trade battle. The two countries have been fighting since 2002 over subsidies that the U.S. government provides to U.S. cotton growers. Brazil brought a case against the U.S. charging that the ...
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Date: Nov 17-20,2014 Address: Dubai World Trade Center Booth No. for Made-in-China.com: AR A237 The Big 5 is the largest construction exhibition in the Middle East, serving as a networking platform for construction product ...
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Economists at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have downwardly revised their world trade growth estimate for 2015 to 4 percent from the previous estimate of 5.3 percent. For 2014 also, the WTO has reduced its world trade growth ...
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China’s cotton stocks-to-use ratio surged to a record level of 180 percent in 2013-14, due to the Government’s price support and import policies, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States ...
With India’s cotton output forecast at 6.3 million tons and China’s at 6.4 million tons, India stands a chance to grab the honour of being named top cotton producer in the world in 2014/15 season. In season 2014/15, China and ...
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IATA reports that air freight volumes were up by a strong 5.8% in July compared to a year ago. This is an acceleration on June, when freight tonne kilometres rose 2.4%, and reflects improving demand conditions in some regions. There was ...
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US cotton output is forecast at 17.5 million bales, 1 million bales above July’s projection and 4.6 million bales or 36 percent above last season’s crop, the August report of USDA reveals, which is also the first survey-based ...
Worldwide airline share prices fell 2% in July compared to June, but in line with performance of the broader market. Initial Q2 financial results show strong gains for US airlines' performance, but declines in Asia Pacific due to cargo ...
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American Apparel & Footwear Association President & CEO Juanita D. Duggan strongly criticized the apparent collapse of a multilateral trade agreement in Geneva yesterday. The 160 member World Trade Organization (WTO) was unable to move ...
Airline profit expectations for the year ahead are positive even though recent improvements in financial performance have paused, according to IATA's quarterly survey of airline CFO and heads of cargo in July. Recent past financial ...
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U.S. cotton demand for 2014/15 was revised upward in July to 14.0 million bales, nearly matching the latest 2013/14 estimate of 14.1 million bales. The export forecast was increased to 10.2 million bales as a larger available supply was ...
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South Africa is set to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes by 2015, according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Although investigation has been continuing on the ban of Australia's tobacco branding by World Trade Organisation ...
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