12/3/2007 1:31:00 PM
China´s domestic cotton prices have turned slightly weaker, with T328 delivered-the-mill prices falling to 13,500 - 13,700 yuan per ton. Prices at warehouses in Xinjiang Province continue to hold near the same level. This weakness in lint has occurred despite the record prices of by-product…
12/3/2007 1:29:00 PM
China´s overcapacity problem in sectors of the textile and apparel industry is showing no signs of going away anytime soon, and one reason for this is continued investment in new equipment and plants. January through October cumulative fixed asset investment in textiles and apparel reached …
12/3/2007 1:05:00 PM
The WTO provides that members of a customs union must provide compensation to other WTO members affected by the new tariff structure. If agreement is not found, the affected WTO member may withdraw substantially equivalent tariff concessions six months after the customs union’s new tariffs come into…
11/30/2007 10:10:00 AM
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China´s total yarn output reached 1,740,559 tons in October. 100-percent cotton yarn output was estimated at 1,375,014 tons, which represented the second highest monthly production on record. Total January through October cumulative cotton yar…
11/30/2007 10:07:00 AM
China´s cotton yarn trade turned quite weak in October, with imports declining 16.2 percent from year-ago levels to 59,200 tons, which represented the smallest volume since February 2007. Exports also dropped to 43,200 tons, a year-on-year loss of 8.6 percent. Net cotton yarn imports plunge…
11/29/2007 10:53:00 AM
Taiwan´s exports of polyester staple fibers sharply declined in the first half this year in volume terms, while prices were significantly rising over the same period. Relocation to China and heavy anti-dumping duties imposed by the European Union contributed to the fall in shipments. Sales …
11/29/2007 10:48:00 AM
Solid economic expansion will lift China´s fiscal revenue to more than 5 trillion yuan (about 67.57 million U.S. dollars) this year, a rise of 27.23 percent compared with 3.93 trillion yuan last year, the chief economist with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Yao Jingyuan has predicte…
11/27/2007 1:57:00 PM
The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released on November 26 the external merchandise trade statistics for October 2007. In October 2007, the values of Hong Kong´s total exports and imports of goods recorded year-on-year increases of 9.8% and 12.1% respectively. In October 20…
11/27/2007 1:46:00 PM
In October, consumer price index (CPI) was up by 6.5 percent over the same month last year. Of which, urban area and rural area rose 6.1 and 7.2 percent respectively. The price of foodstuff, non-foodstuff, consumable and service expanded 17.6, 1.1 and 7.8 percent respectively. CPI made 0.3 percent gr…
11/26/2007 1:21:00 PM
In October, China´s apparel retail sales soared 33 percent from year-ago levels, which contrasts to only 13.6 percent growth in total Chinese apparel production. January through October cumulative apparel production grew 14 percent to 16.2 billion pieces. This expansion combined with export…
