UK imports of fresh, frozen pork grow 13% in volume
LONDON: UK imports of fresh and frozen pork grew by 13% in volume year-on-year in November 2015 but fell in...
Turkey’s budget revenues expected to rise 11.9% in 2016
ANKARA: Turkey's budget revenues are expected to rise 11.9 percent this year but its budget deficit is still expected to...
Hungary CPI rises to 0.9% in Dec
BUDAPEST: Consumer prices in Hungary rose by an annual 0.9 percent in December, accelerating from a 0.5 percent increase in...
South Africa may need to import 5m tons of maize in 2016
CAPE TOWN: Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana is expected to meet with members of Grain SA and other players in the...
Ukraine doubles gas import from Slovakia over past 24 hours
KIEV: Ukraine doubles gas import from Slovakia over the past 24 hours, press service of Ukraine’s gas transporting company, Ukrtransgaz,...
India’s coal imports decline 7% during April-Dec
KOLKATA: India's coal imports declined almost 7 per cent during the April-December period as power plants stocked up adequately on...
US import prices fall 1.2% in Dec from prior month
WASHINGTON: Declining prices for imports, even beyond oil, appears likely to exert downward pressure on inflation in the U.S. well...
Iran-India energy cooperation opens new scopes
TEHRAN: Last month, Turkmenistan began construction of an ambitious $7.6 billion pipeline to export natural gas to India via Afghanistan...
South Korea’s coal imports rise 8.9% in Dec
SEOUL: South Korea's coal imports rose 8.9 percent in December from the same month a year earlier, customs data showed...
S. Korea’s crude oil shipments from Iran fall 62.2% in Dec
SEOUL: South Korea's crude oil shipments from Iran slid 62.2 percent in December from a year ago, with imports in...
Saudi Arabia to grant Egypt $200m for SMEs
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will grant Egypt LE1.57 billion ($200 million) for financing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), reported news website...
Saudi Arabia plans to create new sovereign wealth fund
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia plans to create a new sovereign fund to manage part of its oil wealth and diversify its...
Russian imports decrease 36.4% in 2015
MOSCOW: Imports into Russia from beyond the former Soviet Union dropped by 36.4 percent and totaled $161.5 billion last year,...
Russia may cut oil exports by 6% in 2016
MOSCOW: State-owned oil transportation monopoly Transneft says Russian oil companies have applied for 215 million tons of crude exports in...
China acquires $126.3 bln FDI in 2015
BEIJING: Foreign direct investment into China accelerated in 2015 as cash poured into the country's service sector, official data showed...
China’s planning agency grants 2.2 mln tone crude import quota
BEIJING: China's state planning agency has granted a 2.2 million tonne per annum crude import quota to the independent Dongying...
Revenue collection in Odisha rises by 20%
BHUBANESWAR: Revenue collection in Odisha grew by around 20%, while Plan expenditure grew by 28% at the end of December...
Group Casino revenue drops 11%
PARIS: Group Casino SA (CO.FR) has reported a 11% decline in fourth-quarter revenue, with the supermarket operator's exposure to Latin...
Cargo traffic handles at India major ports increase 3.2%
NEW DELHI: The central government on Thursday informed that cargo traffic handled at India’s twelve major ports increased by 3.2...
US two largest seaports see mixed trade in Dec
WASHINGTON: The nation’s two largest seaports saw mixed performances in December, ending a wildly erratic year on the U.S. West...
