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Cambodian Garments Record 7 Percent Growth in Exports [18 Feb 2009]  
Garments, the backbone of Cambodian exports were able to register 7 percent growth in 2008 to $3.15bn from its previous year. Even in 2008, the US continued to be the largest market for Cambodian garm  ...More
Tags: garments     exports     garments industry    
India to Augment Gold Mining to Counter Imports – Opportunities for Foreign Firms [05 Mar 2009]  
The Indian government has instructed Geological Survey of India (GSI) to ferret for gold and diamond reserves in all possible locations in India within a period of three years. GSI is a state-owned en  ...More
Tags: india     gold mining     importers    
Iran and Serbia Move towards FTA [09 Mar 2009]  
During a meeting with the Iranian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Mladjan Dinkic stated that both countries had good and stable bilateral  ...More
Tags: economic     trade     serbian exports    
China Records Worst Export Slump– Recovery Bleak till Fourth Quarter [12 Mar 2009]  
Despite initiating various measures to boost exports, China has been pushed to the wall on the export front with no signs of recovery in the short term. China, the third largest economy and manufactur  ...More
Tags: export     china    
Venezuela and Iran Urge Countries to Supplant Free Trade with Fair Trade [03 Apr 2009]  
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have urged countries to replace free trade agreements (FTA) with a ‘fair trade’ model which focused on country-specifi  ...More
Tags: venezuelan     iranian counterpart    
While Majority Sectors Flatten Out, Indian Pharma Exports to Maintain Growth [06 Apr 2009]  
Findings of a survey conducted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) indicate a large majority of export industries of the country will be recording either negative or  ...More
Tags: india pharma     pharma     pharma exports    
Canada FTA with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland in Force as Planned [30 Apr 2009]  
The Canadian Minister of International Trade, Stockwell Day has declared the FTA with the members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland would com  ...More
Tags: canada     export     FTA    
Panamanians Give the Rightist Ricardo Martinelli a Thumping Majority [04 May 2009]  
Ricardo Martinelli, the president of the centre-right Democratic Change (CD) party has won the Panamanian presidential elections with a double-digit percentage margin over its nearest rival. His victo  ...More
Tags: panamanians     Ricardo Martinelli    
Iran’s Non-Oil Exports Witness Threefold Increase to Latin American Markets [07 May 2009]  
Deputy Head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization Babak Afqahi stated that Iran’s non-oil exports had increased by threefold to the South American region in the last four years. He said government’s  ...More
Tags: iran     oil exports     american markets    
India and Pakistan to Export Wheat Following Bumper Harvest [19 May 2009]  
The high yield of wheat this season in India and Pakistan has prompted them to allow the grain to be exported from this month onwards. Both countries riding high on the bumper harvest will be exportin  ...More
Tags: India     Pakistan     wheat export    
Recession Impacted the UK Defence Exports despite Claims of No. 2 in 2008 [15 Jun 2009]  
In spite of claims of second place in the world on defense equipment export for 2008 and a 17 percent share of the global market, Britain’s defense exports fell marginally over the last five years’ av  ...More
Tags: recession     UK defence exports    
Pakistani Exporters to be Further Choked with the New Tax Regime [15 Jun 2009]  
Pakistani exporters besides the political instability sparked off by several terror attacks across the country will have to survive another scare of a new bill which has been proposed to end the presu  ...More
Tags: Pakistani exporters     bill    
Jordan to prepare Blueprint on Arab Transport Inter-linking [03 Jul 2009]  
At a press meet in Amman, Mohammad Twaijri, assistant secretary general of the Arab League for Economic Affairs stated that Jordan had been chosen to head a technical committee to prepare the road map  ...More
Tags: Jordan     Arab     transport    
Venezuela, a One-time Coffee Exporter Turns Importer [23 Jul 2009]  
Venezuela’s dismal harvest in 2008-09 has placed one of the coffee-dependent nations in terms of production and consumption to look out for supplies from outside for the first time after independence.  ...More
Tags: Venezuela     Coffee Export    
China Set to Become the Largest Exporter [24 Jul 2009]  
The WTO chief economist Patrick Low stated the European economy’s poor performance would make Germany lose its largest exporter tag to China soon. He made such a remark while he was speaking at a two-  ...More
Tags: China     China export     WTO    
India and Nigeria to Streamline Pharma Exports [03 Aug 2009]  
India is expected to sign pharma deals with Nigeria, the country’s largest trading partner from Africa to reclaim and boost the pharmaceutical exports after fake ‘Made in India’ drugs originating fro  ...More
Tags: India     Nigeria     Pharma Exports    
Cambodia Aims to Cut Lobster Imports Within Five Years [04 Aug 2009]  
Cambodian government has launched a massive lobster hatching program to reduce dependence on imports. According to the Cambodia’s Department of Fisheries, the project initiated by the government will  ...More
Tags: Cambodia     fish     imports    
Iranian Exports to Ecuador Soar [12 Aug 2009]  
According to the Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) of Iran, the country’s non-oil exports to Ecuador have witnessed remarkable growth during the past four years; from less than $1mn in 2005 they have  ...More
Tags: Iran     TPO     non-oil exports    
Japanese Morning Banana Diet Lifts Filipino Exports [08 Sep 2009]  
A sudden rise in banana consumption in Japan owing to the Morning Banana Diet (MBD) designed by Hitoshi Watanabe and wife Sumiko to lose weight in last September has significantly helped the Philippin  ...More
Tags: Japan     exports     PBGEA     JPEPA     MBD    
Poor Agri-Infrastructure Fail Nigerian Fruit Exports [16 Sep 2009]  
Lack of sustainable infrastructure to support farm products in Nigeria has caused inadequate supply of fruits in the market during the month of Ramadan despite having large farmlands. Nigerian fruit t  ...More
Tags: Nigeria     Fruit Exports     FAO    
New Shipping Invention to Empower Fruit Exporters [04 Nov 2009]  
Fruits can now reach farther markets as a leading shipping company has introduced StarCare, a new generation of Controlled Atmosphere (CA) containers which would preserve the fruits from ripening and  ...More
Tags: CA    fruit exporter    food market    StarCare    
Israeli Prez Peres Must Carry Palestinian Answers to Brazil [09 Nov 2009]  
Israeli President Shimon Peres should have answers to the Palestinian issues during his Latin American sojourn if he aspires to strengthen ties with them, particularly, in light of growing opposition  ...More
Tags: Brazil    Latin America    Israel    Europe    North America    
UID and RTE of India to be the Largest Eco-friendly Projects [12 Nov 2009]  
India would be spending in excess of $100bn on its two ambitious projects, Unique Identification cards (UID cards) and Right to Education (RTE) program in the next five years. The country’s UID projec  ...More
Tags: UID    RTE    eco friendly    UID cards    
US Exports to North Korea Impacted by Trade Embargo [17 Nov 2009]  
The vexed US-North Korea ties have adversely affected the US exports to Korea by almost nothing in comparison to previous year. In response to a second nuclear test on May 25 this year by North Korea,  ...More
Tags: US Export    North Korea    trade    Pyongyang    South Korean    
Russia to Lead Gas Exporters – Reinforces its Position [10 Dec 2009]  
Leonid Bokhanovsky, a board member and the first vice president of the leading engineering-construction company Stroitransgaz of Russia has been chosen as the General Secretary of the Gas Exporting Co  ...More
Tags: Russia    GECF    gas exports    Iran    India    
Iran Sends Team to Scout for More Business in Iraq [16 Dec 2009]  
A trade delegation from Iran headed by the director of the provincial trade organization in Tehran Seyyed Ali Mousavi has arrived in Baghdad to improve trade ties with its Iraqi counterparts. This is  ...More
Tags: Iran    Iraq    business    trade    non oil exports    
Blizzard Saves the Season for E-tailers in US [24 Dec 2009]  
The snow storm that crippled the US during the final shopping weekend on December 19 and 20 became a blessing in disguise for e-commerce businesses as the total online sales recorded 13 percent growth  ...More
Tags: e-commerce    businesse    Amazon    Walmart    Apple.com    
Philippines Will Adopt Aus Halal Model to Boost Meat Exports [02 Jan 2010]  
The Philippines will be aiming for a larger share of the global halal market worth $150bn by adopting the Australian standards on halal products. The government and the industry have taken such a deci  ...More
Tags: Philippines    ISO    NMIS    Export    Australia    
Somali Piracy Ransoms Alleged on Kenyan Realty Boom [04 Jan 2010]  
A sudden surge in property prices in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, has invited the wrath of general public alleging the piracy booty from Somalia is meddling with the realty market to make them beyond  ...More
Tags: Somali    Nairobi    Associated Press    property    Kenya    
Business Connivance Virus – In 90s Tobacco and Now H1N1 [19 Jan 2010]  
According to a study, what the world is hearing from the H1N1 space about the false pandemic alarm and the WHO staff’s collusion with pharma powerhouse are just what happened in the 1990’s at the behe  ...More
Tags: Business    Tobacco    H1N1    EPC    GSK    RT    
China Acts by welcoming More Indian Goods [21 Jan 2010]  
The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gave assurance to the visiting Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma that his country would do everything to iron out trade imbalances with India. New Delhi  ...More
Tags: China    Indian goods    China export    India    
EU Aims to Tide over WTO Ceiling on Sugar Exports [22 Jan 2010]  
In the wake of repeated requests from International Confederation of European Beet Growers (CIBE) and other sugar agencies of Europe to export surplus sugar, the EU as a ‘matter of urgency’ is plannin  ...More
Tags: EU    WTO    sugar exports    CIBE    Europe    India    Brazil    
Online Exporter Guide from ITC to Mainly Aid Africa [23 Jan 2010]  
The International Trade Centre (ITC) has launched a comprehensive, interactive trilingual online version of its Cotton Exporter’s Guide as an outreach to improve the skills and abilities of developing  ...More
Tags: online exporter    cotton exporter’s guide    ITC    UNCTAD    
N-Korean Redenomination Boomerangs – Economy Collapses [04 Feb 2010]  
Several reports suggest the fizzled out redenomination or currency swap enacted by North Korea to contain inflation has literally brought the country to its knees. Last November’s decree which gave ci  ...More
Tags: North Korea    economy    currency    nuclear    
Russia to be Less Reliant on Food Imports [08 Feb 2010]  
According to RIA Novosti, the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev has approved a plan to boost domestic food production and reduce the country's dependence on imports. Russia plans to enhance its foo  ...More
Tags: Russia    food imports    grain export    India    China    
GCC Becomes the Largest Food Importer [17 Feb 2010]  
According to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the GCC is the biggest importer of food in the world by buying more than 90 percent of its total needs. The GCC’s very high reliance on external food s  ...More
Tags: GCC    WTO    food importer    BMI    UAE    
Kenya Takes Over Sri Lanka as Largest Tea Exporter [25 Feb 2010]  
In the latest data provided by the Tea Board of Kenya indicate that the country has usurped the throne of Sri Lanka for the first time as the biggest tea exporter in the world. While Kenya exported 34  ...More
Tags: Kenya    Sri Lanka    tea export    UAE    
Removal of Ban on Beef Imports by Australia Sets off Dissent [02 Mar 2010]  
Protectionism versus safety took the centre stage of debate between the Rudd administration and the domestic beef industry along with the main opposition while the Australian government declared the r  ...More
Tags: beef import    Australia    FSANZ    Canada    BSE    
China to Effect Huge Policy Changes to Promote Trade [08 Mar 2010]  
According to the recent National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sessions, China is expected to consider serious changes in its exim policy while r  ...More
Tags: China    trade    CPPCC    economy    import    
UK Illicit Pharma Exports to Expand If Gov Actions Fail [09 Mar 2010]  
The recent emergency meeting summoned by the UK Health Minister Mike O'Brien with the trade bodies to condemn and act against the parallel drug trade may become a lip service if the government fails t  ...More
Tags: UK    pharma export    NHS    drug    
EU Embarrassed by Report on Exports of Torture Equipment [18 Mar 2010]  
The EU which insists on stringent enforcement of human rights in every trade deal has found itself cornered by the recent jointly released report by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Founda  ...More
Tags: EU    export    Belgium    Cyprus    Italy    Finland    Malta    
Haitians Sceptical about US Re-build Formula [23 Mar 2010]  
Most of Haiti’s population, who are left bereft of their loved ones and homes by the Jan 12 devastation of 7.2 magnitude earthquake is seemed to have woken up to the reality that everything happening  ...More
Tags: Haiti    earthquake    economy    USA    
Canadians Urge Export Ban and Human Right Status for Water [24 Mar 2010]  
On the World Water Day, the Canadians have brought up the long pending issue of water regulation and export ban before Prime Minister Stephen Harper to prevent the country being wiped out of limited f  ...More
Tags: Canada    export    UN    water    
India Scales up Vegetable Exports by 70 Percent [19 Apr 2010]  
In a data presented by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India, Jyotiraditya M Scindia concluded that country’s vegetable exports are showing stupendous growth since last year. According  ...More
Tags: India    vegetable    export    APEDA    EICDGI&S    FTP    
China and Bangladesh Look at US after India Cotton Ban [26 Apr 2010]  
The US has become the most sought after location for cotton following India barred last week its cotton shipments in an effort to curb soaring domestic prices. The sudden halt of exports of Indian cot  ...More
Tags: cotton    importer    surplus    India    US    CAB    
Viet Nam Eyes Robust Myanmar Market [15 Jul 2010]  
The Viet Nam Ambassador to Myanmar feels that Myanmar has all the trappings of providing big returns for investments ranging from mining, forestry management, agriculture and aquaculture to telecommun  ...More
Tags: Myanmar     Viet Nam     Vietnam     Trade     Export    
Portugal and Turkey Ink Landmark Visa Exemption Deal [16 Jul 2010]  
Turkish Foreign Minister's one day visit to Portugal has culminated in the signing of a mutually beneficial partial visa exemption agreement. According to the deal, citizens of both countries who have  ...More
Tags: Turkey     Portugal     Davutoglu     Manouchehr Mottaki    
Indo-Pak Ties - The Chokepoint for Indian Exports to Afghan [19 Jul 2010]  
The trade treaty signed on Sunday between Pakistan and Afghanistan has become a major embarrassment to the visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the deal conspicuously disallows Indian exp  ...More
Tags: Indo-Pak     Afghan     Exports     Clinton     Commerce    
Switzerland Prepares for a Historic FTA with China [17 Aug 2010]  
The Swiss President Doris Leuthard's week-long visit to China is likely to make Switzerland once again a first mover from Europe to sign an FTA with China as it had established diplomatic ties 60 year  ...More
Tags: Switzerland     China     Commerce     Trade Partner    
Investment Threshold Makes Ghana No Entry for Businesses [30 Aug 2010]  
An analysis on investments in Ghana finds that an old law is restricting foreign investments to that country as it prescribes unreasonable minimum investment limit while leaving out domestic ones from  ...More
Tags: Ghana     ECOWAS     Nigeria     Exports     Africa    
Salvador Takes Diplomatic Route to Resolve Dominican Export Ban [23 Sep 2010]  
Two senior ministers from El Salvador are touring the Dominican Republic in order to address problems related to the exports with the Caribbean country. The Salvadoran Ministers of Economy, Hector Dad  ...More
Tags: El Salvador     Economy     Dominican Export     Ban    
Europe Online Ad Spend Will Soon Well be over that of US [09 Nov 2010]  
IAB Europe, an organization which promotes the European digital and interactive marketing industry, in its recent report stated online ad spend across Europe would experience double digit growth with  ...More
Tags: McKinsey     Advertising    
Fairtrade Refutes Charges of Its Affiliate Farmers No Better [12 Nov 2010]  
The Fairtrade Foundation has hit back at the criticism of its products had failed to lift the farmers out of poverty by a think-tank stating that such claims were baseless. The Institute of Economic A  ...More
Tags: Fairtrade Cadbury Starbucks Crowther Mali    
Kuwait Enhances Infra-structure to Match Others in the Region [03 Jan 2011]  
After slow progress in infra-structural development in Kuwait in recent years, the state has planned to expedite all projects including the development of Boubyan seaport, better known as Mubarak Al-K  ...More
Tags: GCC     Kuwait     Airports     Seaports     Shipping     Flights    
Malawi Exports to EU Record Growth – Imports from EU Decline [19 Jan 2011]  
According to the Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, Malawi’s exports to the bloc has increased by 7.4 percent in the first nine months of 2010. On the contrary, the EU’s earnings from trade with M  ...More
Tags: Malawi    EU    Germany    UK    France    Imports    Exports    
Ripple Effect of Cote D’Ivoire Politics to make Chocolates Dearer [25 Jan 2011]  
The electoral dispute between Alassane Ouattra, the internationally recognised winner of Cote d’Ivoire’s presidential election and Laurent Gbagbo, his election rival who has refused to relinquish the  ...More
Tags: UN     Ivory Coast     Cote d’Ivoire     ECOWAS     Cocoa Exports    
India, Japan sign FTA for 10 years [16 Feb 2011]  
Japan and India signed Wednesday a bilateral free trade agreement that would abolish duties on more than 90 percent of trade for 10 years.

Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara and Indian Com  ...More
Tags: economic cooperation    trade and investment    Japanese exports    
Food prices push 44m into poverty: World Bank [17 Feb 2011]  
Rising food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank warned.

Food costs are continuing to rise to near 2008 levels, when  ...More
Tags: World Bank    Food Price Index    food inflation    anti-poverty    
China Reports Unexpected Trade Deficit as Export Growth Cools [10 Mar 2011]  
China reported an unexpected $7.3 billion trade deficit; the nation’s biggest in seven years, in February after a Lunar New Year holiday disrupted exports.

Outbound shipments rose an annual 2.  ...More
Tags: Commerce Minister    David Cohen    Bloomberg    Seasonal Distortion    
World Bank chief urges new role in Middle East [24 Mar 2011]  
The World Bank is rethinking its role in the Middle East and North Africa to tackle economic and social problems that sparked political unrest. The poverty-fighting institution needs to find some way  ...More
Tags: Robert Zoellick    World Bank conference    IMF     neo-liberal economic policies    
Global coffee exports hit record 103.1 mn bags [28 Nov 2011]  
World coffee exports rose by 9 per cent to a record 103.1 million bags in the 2010-11 coffee years, but shipments in September were down by almost 15 per cent at 7.04 million bags, the International C  ...More
Tags: Global Coffee Exports    
Business Opportunities in Brazil [28 Nov 2011]  
Brazil remains a hotbed of opportunity for those interesting in doing business internationally.

Brazil is the world’s 11th largest economy. Agriculture and agribusiness have played a key role i  ...More
Tags: Business Opportunities Brazil    
Exporters get Rs 900 crore relief package [28 Nov 2011]  
The government on Thursday announced a Rs 900-crore package for exporters to help them tide over the slowdown in developed markets and rising input costs. RBI has already announced interest subsidy of  ...More
Tags: Exporters get Rs 900 crore relief package    
Why MSMEs should not avoid online advertising [12 Dec 2011]  
A recent study reveals that less than 6 percent of Indian MSMEs with access to personal computers advertise online. It is shocking why the sector is so much unaware of the benefits of using online adv  ...More
Tags: MSMEs online advertising    
Indian apparel exports grow 20 percent to 13.5 billion dollars [11 May 2012]  
AHMEDABAD: Rupee depreciation has bailed out Indian apparel exporters who were unsure of growth following weak consumer sentiment. The final figures are not yet in, but India expects to close the fisc  ...More
Tags: Indian apparel exports    
Textile exports estimated at 34 billion dollars during fiscal year 2011-2012 [16 May 2012]  
NEW DELHI: The government today said the country's textiles exports are estimated at USD 34 billion during the 2011-12 fiscal. "Textiles exports for the year 2011-12 are projected at USD 34 billion,"  ...More
Tags: Textile exports    
Asia braces for weaker exports as Europe stumbles [15 Jun 2012]  
SINGAPORE: After supplying European customers for more than 40 years with neon bright ornamental fish, Shirley Lim is now looking elsewhere for sales.

Lim, whose business in Singapore and Malay  ...More
Tags: Asia Europe exports    
China says can meet 2012 exports target [26 Jun 2012]  
BEIJING: China's trade ministry sought to dispel worries about slowing economic growth on Tuesday by saying exports are likely to pick up in coming months and the country can meet its 10 per cent expo  ...More
Tags: China 2012 exports target    
China's online trade hits $45 billion in Q2: Report [16 Oct 2012]  
SHANGHAI: China's e-commerce industry grew 45 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter to reach 278.84 billion yuan ($44.5 billion) in transaction volume, with Alibaba Group's Taobao capturing 76 p  ...More
Tags: China's online trade hits $45 billion in Q2: Report    
European leaders seek Asian support on debt [05 Nov 2012]  
VIENTIANE: Dozens of European and Asian leaders will gather in impoverished Laos on Monday for a major summit set to be dominated by the eurozone debt crisis and growing territorial tensions in the re  ...More
Tags: European leaders seek Asian support on debt    
Yuan Sees a High- Chinese Exporters Not Happy. [20 May 2013]  
Last week, the People’s Bank of China pegged the Yuan at 6.1980 against the US Dollar, the highest number that the Yuan has achieved in the last 19 years. While this development shows the rising power  ...More
Tags: Yuan chinese exporters    
Intellectual Property Rights- U.S wants to tame India [05 Aug 2013]  
Dark clouds are looming as far as the once strong trade ties between India and the United States is concerned. The present scenario is one abounded by arguments and counter-arguments, especially when  ...More
Tags: Intellectual Property Rights    
UN Report Paints a Grim picture about Global Trade [16 Sep 2013]  
A top economic report, released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Thursday, 12-9-2013 hints at a slow and struggling global trade scenario that is likely to extend  ...More
Tags: UN Report Paints Global Trade    
India and Nepal step towards a more co-operative trade partnership [23 Dec 2013]  
India is going soft on its former strict stand to control Nepali trade in its exclusive favour. The former has agreed to allow Nepal two additional custom import points to source bulk cargo from third  ...More
Tags: India Nepal trade partnership    
China is India’s Best Trade Partner. [04 Mar 2014]  
India’s Asian neighbour, China has emerged as its biggest trading ally. According to an influential report compiled by PHD Chamber of Commerce, China has surpassed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that  ...More
Tags: China is India’s Best Trade Partner