On August 19, the Ministry of Commerce released its announcement No. 25 with a final ruling on the anti-dumping investigation on optical fiber preform imported from Japan and the U.S.. The Ministry of Commerce confirmed that dumping ...
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On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
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China’s strategic “One belt, one road” policy has sparked local manufacturers interests of exporting products abroad, but most are afraid to take action. Statistics from different research organizations have varied widely. ...
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China’s exports to 70 countries under its “One Belt, One Road” strategy was up 1.5% to US$ 372 billion from January to June 2015, according to China’s custom data. The country’s imports declined 18.8% to US$ ...
Tags: Vietnamese lighting products market, ASEAN lighting market
Major regional markets (i.e. China, the U.S. and Japan) and other emerging markets continue to drive the demand growth of this year’s photovoltaic (PV) market. The latest report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, says that the ...
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China’s exports to 70 countries under its “One Belt, One Road” strategy was up 1.5% to US$ 372 billion from January to June 2015, according to China’s custom data. The country’s imports declined 18.8% to US$ ...
Mainly benefiting cost savings from utilization of in-stock raw materials procured earlier at lower prices, Taiwan-based China Steel Corp. (CSC), the island's largest steelmaker by size, therefore chalked up a 54-percent growth in pretax ...
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China’s polysilicon import volume has declined month by month after the total import volume peaked in May, according to the polysilicon import data in China. As China begins to close a loophole that permits duty-free polysilicon from ...
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Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA) reports that a drastic increase of sales to the United States and its neighboring countries, as well as in Japan fueled a 13.9 percent increase in the country's bike exports during the first four months of ...
Tags: Bicycle Exports, high-end bike
India has become the fastest growing photovoltaic (PV) market and replaced the U.K. as one of the top three exports markets for Chinese modules, found EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce. Based on EnergyTrend’s latest report, the ...
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The passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal would benefit US apparel companies by eliminating textile tariffs between 12 participating countries, says Moody's Investors Service. According to a research paper, the ...
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Vietnam and EU have agreed in principle on a trade and investment agreement, the most ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country, the European Commission said on its ...
All GSP eligible merchandise including textiles will benefit from the US government's announcement of extending the benefit under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to developing countries. In a notice issued on 28 July, the ...
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In the first six months of this year, Taiwan exported US$10.12 billion of machinery, including US$1.64 billion of machine tools, both of which representing year-to-year decreases, with the total export inching down 0.4 percent and the ...
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In view of rising imports of batik textiles, Indonesia's Ministry of Trade has issued a regulation requiring all importers of batik-patterned fabrics to register with the ministry and seek special permit for import. Addressing a press ...
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