Imports of digital cameras from Japan to Beijing declined by 8.8 percent in the first quarter of 2011, indicating the increasingly severe fallout from the March earthquake in Japan, the Beijing municipal government said on Monday. The earthquake on March 11 has hurt Japanese manufacturers' output, which in turn has affected the imports and supplies in th...
Indonesia's Trade Ministry continues to encourage the country's companies to expand their export markets in the Middle East and Africa despite the political turmoil in the two regions, the Jakarta Post reported on Tuesday. "The political situation in those regions has not been as bad as media reports suggested and we can continue to trade with those cou...
Singapore-listed Courage Marine Group has ditched plans for a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) due to the weak market conditions. “In view of recent developments affecting market sentiments and conditions, the directors are of the view that proceeding with the stock exchange of Hong Kong listing... may not be beneficial to the company and its s...
A small South Korean shipbuilder Seko Heavy Industries has “temporarily” closed its facilities “due to management difficulties”, local media reports and a pair of 300 ton class goliath cranes, leased from Industrial Bank of Korea, are now being dismantled after a public sale. The shipbuilding company was acquired KY Heavy Industries ...
Japan became Beijing's largest export market, passing the U.S. in the first quarter of 2011, said the head of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Commerce on Monday. In the first quarter of 2011, total export-import volume between Beijing and Japan reached 5.19 billion U.S. dollars, with exports accounting for 1.06 billion U.S. dollars, according to the ...
Growth in Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) will slow to 0.8 percent through 2011 because of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of the country, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday. The March 11 disaster brought massive economic problems to the Asian country, the OECD said in a report citing Japan's of...
Applications for trademark registration in China increased 25.4 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier and will hit a record high this year, said a government official on Monday. China had 4.885 million effective registered trademarks by the end of March and is estimated to have 8 million at the end of 2015, said Fu Shuangjian, deputy director o...
Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Company, a leading Chinese wind turbine maker, has won two new orders in the United States, the company said here Monday. These two orders comprise of five 1.5 megawatt (MW) direct-drive permanent magnetic wind turbines, sold to clients in the United States, said Goldwind. The turbines will be installed in two wi...
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