Tag: Imports

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Chinese foreign trade booming in the first two months of 2021

  

  China's total goods imports and exports expanded 32.2% year on year to 5.44 trillion Yuan (some US$ 838.16 billion) in the first two months of 2021, sustaining growth momentum in previous months, official data showed. Exports jumped 50.1% while imports rose 14.5% in Yuan terms, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).

• Saturday, October 17th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Brazil considering temporarily zero tariffs on corn and soybean imports outside Mercosur

  

  The Brazilian government is set to discuss a proposal that would temporarily eliminate tariffs on corn and soy imports from countries outside the Mercosur trade bloc, as recently happened with rice, a staple of the Brazilian diet.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:39 UTC

  Brazil posts lower trade surplus in March with a strong rise in imports

  

  Brazil posted a trade surplus of US$ 4.99 billion in March, the Economy Ministry said, significantly smaller than the same month a year ago thanks to a strong rise in imports. The trade surplus last month fell 22.3% to US$ 4.99 billion from US$ 6.42 billion a year ago, although that was up more than a third from February’s surplus of US$ 3.67 billion.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  US trade deficit widens sharply in December: imports increase, exports drop

  

  The US trade deficit widened sharply in December as slowing global demand and a strong dollar weighed on exports, another sign that economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter. Other data from the Commerce Department on Wednesday showed new orders for US-made goods barely rose in December and business spending on equipment was much weaker than previously thought, pointing to a softening in manufacturing activity.

• Monday, January 7th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Brazil meat exports had a complicated 2018, buts sales are picking up

  

  Export sales by Brazilian meat processors lagged last year as trade bans and a domestic truckers’ strike weighed on their ability to serve major customers like Russia and the European Union, according to data released by trade group ABPA.

• Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Despite grumblings, US refrains from labeling China a “currency manipulator”

  

  United States has refrained from labeling China a “currency manipulator” in a move which may help defuse escalating tension over trade between the two countries. President Trump has previously accused China of keeping its currency weak to make its exports more competitive.

• Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  China unveils plan to cut tariffs on over 1.500 industrial products

  

  China on Wednesday unveiled plans to cut tariffs for products including machinery, electrical equipment and textile products beginning on Nov. 1, as the country braces for an escalating trade war with the United States.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  Trump escalates the trade war with China imposing 10% tariffs on US$ 200bn imports

  

  United States president Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Beijing, imposing 10% tariffs on about US$ 200 billion worth of imports in a move one senior Chinese regulator said “poisoned” the atmosphere for negotiations.

• Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 - 10:53 UTC

  Japan prepared to lift its ban on beef imports from Uruguay

  

  Japan is planning to lift a ban on beef imports from Uruguay next year, ending a more than 17-year embargo following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the South American nation in 2000, according to government sources in Tokyo.