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Russia Proposes Grain Triangular Union with Ukraine and Kazakhstan [08 Jun 2009]  
At the recently concluded World Grain Forum, Russia showcased a model which is expected to help the grain producers of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan to counter price volatility of the world grain mar  ...More
Tags: Russia     Ukraine     world grain forum    
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    
Japan to Open Doors for Food Products from Ukraine [11 Sep 2009]  
The representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture have claimed that the recent meeting with a delegation from Japan had almost struck a deal to engage more through agricultural trade betwee  ...More
Tags: Japan     Ukraine     Japanese Embassy    
Collective Effort Needed to Stop Illegal Ivory Trade [02 Nov 2009]  
It is evident now that the two decades of a law to ban poaching of elephants has done very little to stop illegal trade of ivory which is going on unabated particularly in Africa, and many other parts  ...More
Tags: CITES    IFAW    IFWW    UN    UK    Qatar    
UK Staple Food Shifts to French, Indian and Mexican Ones [09 Feb 2010]  
The British bread that donned the role of ubiquitous easy-carry meal to an industrialized world is giving way to a variety of food items like the French croissants, the Indian Chapattis and the Mexica  ...More
Tags: UK    food    India    Mexico    New York    
Irish Visa Rules Restrict Potential Tourists [15 Feb 2010]  
The head of the representative body for private bus operators in Ireland has said that the country’s stringent visa requirements from certain countries were not allowing more job creation and perk up  ...More
Tags: Irish    tourism    CTTC    EU    UK    US    
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    
Tourism Primed to Spur Economic Growth of UK for a Decade [02 Aug 2010]  
The finding of a report on the UK tourism industry reveals that the tourism revenue of the country is set to rise by more than 60 percent to £188bn by 2020, and one of the main draws of the next decad  ...More
Tags: UK     Tourism     Deloitte     Olympic Games 2012    
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    
China PMI at 13-month high, UK PMI slip signaling longer recession [04 May 2012]  
BEIJING/LONDON: China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to a 13-month high in April, signaling the economy has found a footing and may be recovering from a first-quarter trough, but sma  ...More
Tags: China UK recession    
UK economy shrank less than thought in Q2 [28 Sep 2012]  
LONDON: Britain's economy shrank slightly less than so far estimated in the second quarter, data showed on Thursday, providing a somewhat better base for the expected recovery in the coming months.
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Tags: UK economy