10/17/2007 9:52:00 AM
German textile machinery manufacturers saw their machinery and accessory exports increase by 15.5 percent in the first half of 2007 compared with the same period in 2006, to total 1.9 billion euros (US$2.703 billion) and comprise 95 percent of all German machinery exports, according to a recent repor…
10/17/2007 9:45:00 AM
China´s macro-economic moves to balance foreign trade were paying off as the country´s trade surplus growth had slowed by September, Chinese customs officials said on Monday. China´s trade surplus, standing at 185.65 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months, slowed …
10/15/2007 2:20:00 PM
A senior UN official said Friday the Chinese economy enjoying sustained rapid growth was not a threat, as it has been demonstrating a positive effect in the global economy. Speaking at the Forum on Future Development of China held in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Friday, United Nations Re…
10/15/2007 2:16:00 PM
Chinese customs authorities reported Sunday a 22 percent year-on-year rise in revenues in the first nine months, fueled by the country´s booming trade. Net revenues rose to 562.4 billion yuan (74.99 billion U.S. dollars), up from 462 billion yuan in the same period last year, according to t…
10/12/2007 11:05:00 AM
In August, Taiwan´s cotton yarn exports were weak at 4,297 tons, while imports showed additional strength at 2,897 tons. Year-to-date cotton yarn export shipments remain up 15.7 percent at 40,715.3 tons. Exports to the Mainland, the top export destination, is being maintained and are up 32.…
10/12/2007 11:02:00 AM
The European Union´s (EU) special import quotas that have applied to ten categories of textile and apparel imports from China will expire at the end of 2007. The EU and China have reached an agreement to monitor 2008 import volume and export licenses issued on eight of the ten product categ…
10/11/2007 4:50:00 PM
HONG KONG -- The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index went up 328.89 points, or 1.88 percent, to close Tuesday’s trading at 17,840.71. The H-shares index, initiated in August 1994 and readjusted on Sept. 10, 2007, tracks the overall performance of 43 Chinese mainland state-owned enterprises listed on t…
10/11/2007 4:48:00 PM
Springs Global US Inc., Fort Mill, S.C., has united with Brazil-based companies Santista Textile, Marisol S.A. and Coteminas S.A. — Springs’ sister company in Brazil-based home textile manufacturer Springs Global Participacoes S.A. — to form the non-profit Pure Brazil Cotton Council. The council w…
10/10/2007 4:39:00 PM
China´s textile and apparel imports reached 12.478 billion U.S. dollars (USD) during the January through August 2007 period, reflecting only 4.43 percent growth from the previous year and compares to exports of 111.73 billion USD during the same period. 11.248 billion of that total came in …
10/10/2007 4:10:00 PM
The cotton harvest in the North China Plain has been plagued by cool temperatures and wet weather for the past ten or more days. Excessive rain and cool temperatures hit many areas of the cotton belt, including Shandong and Hebei provinces, from the final week of September throughout the entire Natio…
