Import

The stock answer to oil consumption 'weakness'

13 Jun 2013

Crude imports were 5.64 million barrels per day (bpd) last month, a gain of a mere 0.4 per cent from April and 6 per cent below the record 6 million bpd in May last year.

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How China's purchasing power can save the world's forests

25 Mar 2013

Worldwide, 13 million hectares of forests are disappearing every year. With so many of the world's forests already destroyed, we urgently need to protect what is left.

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Japan trade deficit widens on weaker yen

21 Feb 2013

Japan's trade deficit swelled to a record 1.63 trillion yen (HK$135 billion) on energy imports and a weaker yen, highlighting one cost of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies that are driving down...

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China says it is not top trading nation

14 Feb 2013

China has denied reports it passed the United States as the largest trading nation, saying that it still trails when the values of goods imported and exported by both countries are calculated...

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Claims China is world's No 1 trading economy are nonsense

14 Feb 2013

If you believe the media reports, China passed another milestone last year, overtaking the United States to become the world's biggest trading economy.

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China pays top dollar for gas imports

8 Feb 2013

Gas imports by sea and pipeline will rise 24 per cent in 2013, according to China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nation's biggest energy explorer. Crude purchases will climb 7.3 per cent and...

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

Singapore interbank rates manipulation claims are hyped

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Enoch Yiu

Qianhai the likely winner in the rush for Hong Kong investment

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China puts tighter cap on energy use growth

Beijing aims to slow growth in energy use in a drive to contain its rising dependence on imported fuel.

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Factory surge drives index to 19-month high

The mainland's economic recovery seems to be gathering speed as manufacturing grew in December at its fastest pace in 19 months thanks to Beijing's stable economic policies, which are likely to be...

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Chen Deming: China trade may show slowest growth - 6pc - since 2009

Mainland imports and exports will likely rise about 6 per cent this year, the slowest annual increase since the global financial crisis and far below the official target of 10 per cent growth.

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AGRICULTURE

Policies aired to boost food security and avoid overreliance on imports

Henry Kissinger once said: "Control the food and you control the people."

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TRADE

Japanese exports to China drop 14.5pc in November

Japan's exports to the United States overtook shipments to China last month, official data showed yesterday, as a new government in Tokyo vows to stand its ground in a bitter diplomatic dispute...

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TRADE

China to change duties on US steel imports, after WTO ruling

China says it will change its restrictive policy on certain steel imports from the United States after the World Trade Organisation declared it was in breach of international trade rules.

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