The Big 5 is the Middle East’s largest building and construction show! From 25 – 28 November 2013, were the world’s leading construction buyers and sellers gathered to showcase and source the most diverse range of ...
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At the 75th Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee meeting held in Paris on December 5-6, the participants discussed the slow growth prospects in the global steel market, exchanged views on the effect ...
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Fashionistas across the pond could soon be paying less for genuine Made in the USA women's blue jeans. Los Angeles-based Hudson Clothing LLC received a ruling from the UK's customs and tax department exempting its women's blue jeans from a ...
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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reached an interim agreement that will shield public stockpiling programs for food security in developing countries from the usual limitations on governments buying food from domestic farmers at ...
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China will expand its cooperation program with the group of four major African cotton- producing countries, or the C4, trade officials from the two sides announced at the sidelines of the ongoing 9th Ministerial Conference of the World ...
EuroMold 2013, World Fair for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application Development, Exhibition Center, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, December 03-06, 2013 EuroMold 2013 merges all important industrial sectors. It is the world trade fair for ...
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The RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index increased slightly from a revised 116.5 to 117.0. At the same time, the values of August and September were revised upwards slightly and now points towards an accelerating growth of international ...
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) has announced that the Taiwan Cycle Show will be held concurrently with three existing sporting goods shows for its 27th annual international show in March. The four shows will feature ...
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The world’s tallest building is getting rebuilt with some of the worlds best lighting. One World Trade Center is currently getting fitted with hundreds of red, white and blue LED modules. Washington Post states that, “The Port ...
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The Brazilian Government is still studying and discerning as to what action it would be taking against the US for the non-payment of compensation to Brazilian cotton producers who were affected by the agricultural subsidies of the country, ...
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On Monday, November 11 the CFDA and Vogue announced the recipients of the tenth annual awards from the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund (CVFF). The winners are Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School, a men’s tailored sportswear ...
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Fortress Paper Ltd. announces that that China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") has made a preliminary determination to impose an interim duty on the import of Canadian dissolving pulp into China. The interim duty applied against the ...
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The Ministry of Commerce said China strongly opposes disclosure of an interim World Trade Organization report that disfavors the nation's claim in its rare earths disputes with other countries. "The case is under panel examination, which ...
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Ukraine is going to increase its 2013 quota for imports of metallurgical coke up to 300,000 mt from the current 210,000 mt, and also increase the 2013 quota for coking coal by 1 million mt, the press service of Ukraine's First Deputy Prime ...
Tags: Coke, Coking Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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 ...
Tags: Global Market Transport, Service, Transport