The U.S. trade deficit was little changed in January as imports and exports grew, the Commerce Department reported March 7. The gap between imports and exports rose 0.3% to $39.1 billion, from $39 billion in December. The trade deficit ...
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After a highly successful 2013 fair, Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Autumn Edition returns from 27 to 29 August 2014, and will be held again at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Last year’s event featured 1,321 ...
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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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The forecasts for total red meat and poultry production for both 2013 and 2014 are lowered from December. For 2013, beef production is raised, but pork, broiler, and turkey production are reduced. The forecast for 2014 is reduced as lower ...
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Key Competitors' Wheat Output Boosted This Month World wheat production forecast for 2013/14 soared 5.0 million tons this month to 711.4 million, exceeding the record wheat output of 2011/12 by 14.1 million tons and surpassing that year's ...
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Suppliers of flow control and treatment products including those dealing with air, gases, water and other liquids are generating annual revenues of over $300 billion. Each region of the world is participating both in the manufacture and ...
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Zhang Changfu, vice president of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), has stated that in the January-October period this year China's crude steel output amounted to 652 million mt, equivalent to an annualized crude steel output of ...
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At the recent 1st Assofermet Day & SteelOrbis Conference held in Brescia in northern Italy, Serdar Kilimci, sales Manager of Turkish steel producer Colakoglu Metalurji, gave a presentation on Turkish flat steel imports, exports, production ...
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At the sixth China Iron and Steel Trade Summit Forum held on October 26 in Zhengzhou, Li Chuangxin, deputy secretary-general of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), stated that China's gross domestic product (GDP) and fixed asset ...
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In the first three quarters of 2013, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council committed to the general tone of making progress while ensuring the stability, stabilized the macro-economic policies, made innovation on the ...
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China's exports rose 7.2 percent year on year to US$190.73 billion in August, 2.1 percentage points higher than the 5.1 percent increase in July, the General Administration of Customs announced Sunday. Expanding exports signals that the ...
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Material handling equipment orders are forecasted to grow 7.0% in 2013 and 11.0% or more in 2014, according to the latest Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing Forecast (MHEM) released by MHI. Projections for both orders and shipments ...
Tags: Material Handling Equipment, Industrial Equipment, Components
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) recognises the significant role the clothing, textile, leather and footwear sectors play in the South African economy. SARS considers these as strategic economic sectors that require significant ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
There is no free lunch. The saying may be another explanation for China's economic slowdown in the first half of the year. The economic transformation is proceeding at the cost of economic acceleration in order to obtain sustainable ...
In the first half of 2013, faced with the complicated and volatile economic environment at home and abroad, the Central Party Committee and the State Council have committed to the general tone of making progress while ensuring the ...