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Bulgaria increases sunseed exports

19/02/2016

SOFIA: Sunflower seed domestic prices in Bulgaria are fluctuating around the level of USD 400 / MT with relative price...

Paraguay’s Jan flat steel imports plunge 40% on year

19/02/2016

LONDON: Paraguay imported 6,084 mt of its three dominant flat-rolled steel products in January, down 40.6% from the 10,254 mt...

EU awards 115,209 t Ukrainian wheat imports under quota

19/02/2016

PARIS: The European Union awarded licences to import 115,209 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat this week under an annual duty-free quota,...

Ivory Coast consumer inflation rate falls to 0.3% in Jan

LONDON: Consumer price inflation in Ivory Coast fell to 0.3 percent year-on-year in January, down from 1.3 percent in December,...

Kenya tea industry earns Sh125.25 bln from exports in 2015

NAIROBI: The country’s tea industry earned Sh125.25 billion from exports in 2015. This becomes the highest export earning ever, marking...

Azerbaijan’s oil exports fall 5% in Jan

BAKU: Azerbaijan's oil exports fell 5 percent in January to 2.7 million tonnes compared with the same period last year,...

Zimbabwe to import 600k maize tons from Ukraine, Zambia

HARARE: The government has procured 615,000 tonnes of maize from Zambia and Ukraine for distribution to some of the close...

MAPFRE raises revenues by 4.1% to over €26,700 mln

WASHINGTON: MAPFRE's revenues increased by 4.1% in 2015, exceeding €26,700 million, while premiums increased by 2.3%, amounting to €22,312 million....

Irish shipments of Sheep meat to UK in Dec 2015

DUBLIN: Irish shipments of sheepmeat to the UK in December 2015 were back 3% on December 2014 to 500t, according...

PH mulls over plans to hike sugar imports

WASHINGTON: Sugar regulators are considering additional imports to help keep prices stable amid expectations of lower-than-estimated domestic output due to...

January exports down 6.6%, imports off 14.4%

WASHINGTON: The Ministry of Commerce says China's trade numbers fell in January, suggesting sluggish demand at home and abroad. The...

Greek consumer prices continue to decline in Jan

ATHENS: Greek consumer prices continued to decline in January amid a slump in spending on most goods and services, brought...

EU trade surplus surges in 2015 as energy imports drop

LONDON: The European Union’s trade surplus with the rest of the world surged almost five-fold last year against 2014 because...

Retail imports to grow 4.5% in H1 of 2016

WASHINGTON: Retail imports based on cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to decline year-over-year for...

China-Russia Expo to be held in Russia in July

HARBIN: The third China-Russia Expo is scheduled to be held in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg from July 11 to...

Annual wheat imports top 185 000 tons

HARARE: Zimbabwe imports an average 185 000 tonnes of wheat every year to complement national production, a senior Government official...

Airbus got 1,190 orders worth $159.9b in 2015

16/02/2016

PARIS: Airbus revised upwards its 2015 net aircraft order book on Tuesday after it received orders very late in December....

Asustek sees slight drop in 4Q15 revenues