Policy & Regulation

” “We consider this agreement another solid step in our North American wood coatings business and another milestone in rolling out the M...

• Milesi
• Hunter
• Coating

Since 2016, China has cut over 115 million tons of steel capacity, eliminated an additional 140 million tons of substandard steel capaci...

• Supply Side
• Reform
• Economic

Sindh and Punjab buyers made month-delivery forward deals for all grades of cotton at around Rs 6,600 per maund to Rs 6,650 per maund in...

• Pakistan
• Demand

It said that a huge amount of Bangla Tossa Rejection (BTR) and Bangla White Rejection (BWR) categories of jute, which are exported as ra...

• Bangladesh
• Ban
• Export

Economic globalization will continue to develop in the coming period, the report said, but its model will undergo adjustment and the dri...

• GDP
• Growth Rate

Imports of major technological equipment on the revised list for government support will continue to be exempted from tariffs and value-...

• China
• Tariff
• Import

A new study by Plastics Recyclers Europe showed that 65 percent recycling target for plastic packaging is achievable by 2025.

• Plastics

Crude oil prices are expected to remain at $40-60/bbl in 2018 despite the extension of OPEC-led production cuts through the end of the year, Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday.

• Cruel Oil

The Pakistan Yarn Merchants Association (PYMA) has urged the Pakistan government for removal of the regulatory duty on the import of yarn.

• Yarn
• Tax
• gtex2018

Proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy, both major macroeconomic policies, will pave a solid foundation for China's economi...

• Fiscal
• China
• Monetary Policy

First to benefit may be En+ Group, an integrated hydro power and aluminium producer, which includes UC Rusal, the world’s largest alumin...

• China
• Environmental
• Impact

As China's domestic financial tightening continues, the World Bank expected its GDP growth to slow to 6.

• China
• GDP

Spot acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) prices in Asia look set to rise further on rising cost of feedstock butadiene (BD) costs and strong demand.

• NBR

The IEA report forecast that the share of natural gas in the energy mix would double to 12 percent by 2040.

• Natural Gas
• China
• Demand

Hubei Hanchuan Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau issued a regulation notice to 13 dyeing and printing mills, requiring to finish...

• Printing
• Dyeing

Besides growing Chinese demand, high wool prices are also due to other factors like limited number of Australian suppliers and decreasin...

• Australian
• Wool
• China
• Demand

More aggressive action against plastic waste, especially to keep it from getting into the oceans, was in the driver’s seat at a major United Nations environmental meeting Dec. 6, with some countries advocating a zero tolerance approach.

• Marine
• Plastics

It will be vital for the UK’s chemical industry to remain within the ECHA after the country leaves the EU in order to keep regulatory convergence intact, according to a MP from the opposition Labour party.

• REACH
• UK
• ECHA

importers have continued to buy their steel, meaning that he expects about half of the current imported Vietnamese steel gets banned inc...

• Tariffs
• U.S.
• Steel
• China

North America is the leading market for cooling fabrics owing to the early adoption and augmenting sports and outdoor act...

• Fabric
• China
• North America