Two Nepali state-owned entities - - Salt Trading Corporation (STC) and National Trading Ltd (NTL) -- are making preparation to complete imports of 45,000 tons of sugar by the end of September. According to Thursday's Republica daily, the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies a few months back had directed STC and NTL to import 32,500 tons and 12,500 tons o...
STRENGTHENING investment and co-operation in shipping, ports and logistics became the highlighted topic at the fifth Pan-Beibu Gulf (PBG) Economic Co-operation Forum held between 12 and 13 Aug at Nanning, the capital city of China's Guangxi autonomous region, reported Xinhua. Other keynote topics at the forum include: (a) setting up the Nanning-Singapo...
China may introduce a 10-year development plan for the nation's alternative energy industry at the end of next month, the China Securities Journal reported today, citing an unidentified official with the National Energy Administration. The nation may invest 5 trillion yuan ($736 billion) in the alternative energy industry from 2011 to 2020 and create a...
BEIJING -- China will hold an international green industry expo from November 24-27 in Beijing, which will serve as a new platform of cooperation between domestic and overseas companies in developing a green economy, Vice Minister of Commerce Jiang Yaoping said Wednesday. The expo, including exhibitions and forums, will display the latest achievements i...
Pakistan has started to import potatoes from India to cater for the domestic needs in the wake of anticipated fear of acute shortage of potato crop in the country as the large quantity of crop has been devastated by the recent flash flood, local media reported on Tuesday. The first consignment of Indian potatoes, comprising of 20 to 25 trucks, arrived o...
Bangladesh's overall imports surged 7.11 percent to nearly 23 billion U.S. dollars in last fiscal year 2009-10 (July 2009-June 2010) the central bank data showed Tuesday. According to statistics of the Bangladesh Bank (BB), the settlement of letters of credit, generally known as actual imports, stood at 22.969 billion U.S. dollars in 2009-10 fiscal yea...
Vietnam's plastics export value is expected to hit a record high of one billion U.S dollars this year, said a report by Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Commerce on Tuesday. According to the report, Vietnam earned 554.1 million U.S. dollars from export of plastics in the first seven months. In July alone, the plastics export value reached 86.4 milli...
Companies from the Chinese mainland manufacturing hub of Guangdong signed deals worth 2.99 billion U.S. dollars with Taiwanese counterparts here Tuesday at the start of the Taiwan-Guangdong Week trade event. The 31 deals involve Guangdong companies buying electronic products, raw industrial materials and farm produce from Taiwan and investing in battery...
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