By Muslim Rahman on Jun 28, 2007 in Furniture | 0 Comments
BANGKOK — After four years of negotiations, Washington has finally agreed to import six varieties of Thai fruits for the first time, beginning from this July 23, a Thai Commerce Ministry spokesman said.
The fruits to be imported are lychees, longans, mangos, mangosteens, pineapples and rambutans.
Quoting spokesman Krisada Piamphongsarn, the Thailand news agency (TNA) reported that [...]
By Muslim Rahman on Jun 28, 2007 in Furniture | 0 Comments
(RTTNews) - Swedish import prices fell 1.0% on month in May, the Statistics Sweden said Tuesday. Import prices dropped due to fall in crude oil prices. On a yearly basis, import prices gained 1.1%, smaller than 2.0% last month. Meanwhile, producer prices rose 0.1% mainly due to higher prices for basic metals. Producer prices slid [...]
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(RTTNews) - German import prices recorded 0.6% annual growth in May, the Federal Statistical Office said Tuesday. This compares to 0.5% increase in April and 0.9% rise in March. The index, excluding crude oil and mineral products, gained 1.3%. On a monthly basis, import prices climbed 0.3%, smaller than 0.9% last month. The import price [...]
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DUBLIN, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c60894) has announced the addition of Chinese Markets for Home Office Furniture to their offering.
China’s demand for home office furniture has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow.
With the reform and open-up, China’s high economic [...]
By Muslim Rahman on Jun 28, 2007 in Products | 0 Comments
ASSOCIATION of Negros Producers (ANP) Marketing Manager Olive Javier invites Negrenses to a furniture exhibit, showcasing Negros-made furniture for export.
The show-exhibit dubbed as “Matahum†will be launched this June 30, Saturday at the Negros Showroom.
Javier said all exhibit items are among the latest furniture designs crafted by small and medium enterprise (SME) furniture groups of [...]
By Muslim Rahman on Jun 27, 2007 in Products | 0 Comments
ST. PETERSBURG, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Inter RAO UES, Russia’s electricity import and export operator, could hold an initial public offering (IPO) in 2008, the head of electricity monopoly Unified Energy System of Russia said Wednesday.
Anatoly Chubais said the strategy of Inter RAO UES provided for the possibility of holding an IPO, but only [...]
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Organic activists and environmental extremist groups would have the public believe that Roundup Ready (glyphosate tolerant) alfalfa is a “threat to organic alfalfa and alfalfa export markets.” Reality says otherwise.
Of the 22 million acres of alfalfa grown in the U.S. last year, USDA estimates that only about 200,000 acres were Roundup Ready — about 0.01 [...]
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MENAFN) Oman has signed an agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran under which the Arab Gulf state will import one billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Iran, which currently has the world’s second largest reserve of gas, The Peninsula reported.
LNG plants cool gas into liquid so it can be shipped beyond [...]
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MIAMI, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cross Atlantic Commodities, Inc. (CXAC.OB), an emerging, multi-national importer and distributor of quality food items and specialty consumer products, has taken a major step in securing general merchandise products from the Peoples Republic of China. The Company announced today that it has formed a strategic alliance with a 94-year-old Copenhagen, [...]
By Muslim Rahman on Jun 27, 2007 in Products | 0 Comments
SEOUL, June 27 (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co. , South Korea’s top automaker, said on Wednesday it plans to export vehicle kits to Thailand later this year in a bid to make inroads into the Southeast Asian country.
Hyundai said in a statement it would deliver knock-down kit forms of its Sonata sedan to Hyundai Motor [...]