South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines are countries stepping up their efforts to increase the screening of products, the report said, citing Reuters.
Citing the state news agency WAM, the report said, the Gulf state has hooked up with the Union Cooperative Society supermarket chain to cut prices on two varieties of rice and Arabic bread. The reduction would run from April 1 to the end of the year.
The price index, jointly published by the Ministry of Transport and the government of east China’s Zhejiang province, would mainly monitor the trading prices of second-hand ships, said Gong Yinjiao, president of major indexer – Zhejiang Shipping Exchange Market Co.
Cigarettes and other tobacco products must be kept out of sight in large stores and supermarkets by 2012 and in small shops by 2015.
In what the company says is “the first and only software of its kind in the world” No Major Drama (www.nomajordrama.com) (NMD) offers an internet-based tool that enables users to create personalised rankings of majors available for Bachelor (under-graduate) degrees in the US and Canada. Each user’s ranking of majors is based on their own personal selection criteria, related to their skills and interest and their own personal weights on the criteria.
Domestic and long-haul fares will go up about 7% and tickets to Australia and the Pacific will cost about 8% more to “recover jet fuel cost”.The increase will see one-way “flexiplus” fares from Auckland to Christchurch go up from $256 to $274, and “works deluxe” fares from Auckland to Sydney from $380 to $410.
Don Everitt, marketing manager for New Zealand King Salmon, told Radio New Zealand that the company was still taking orders from Japan, where it exports around 800 tonnes of salmon a year, but expected disruption.
The WTO ruled that US parallel anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties imposed on four Chinese imports — standard steel pipes, rectangular steel pipes, off-road tires and laminated woven sacks — are inconsistent with WTO rules.
Kenya launched two new tea clones last year that are tougher in drought. The research foundation said the two, TRFK 371/3 and TRFK 430/90, yield about 50% more and enhance profitability on better quality.
According to general manager Juan José Villasante, Unifrutti will invest US$12 million to boost production capacity and modernize four of its eight production centers in Teno, Linderos, Requínoa and Copiapó.
The review is being conducted by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI) using an independent panel. It will focus on access to and uptake of R&D by the sector.
IATA raised its average oil price forecast to $96 per barrel, up from $84 in December, factoring in the impact of fuel hedging which is roughly 50% of expected consumption.
The country also plans to build hydropower stations along major rivers such as the Jinsha River, Yalong River and Dadu River with an installed capacity of 120 million kw.
The Chinese government also plans to create an extra 45 million urban jobs over the next five years, the report added.
The recent flooding in the eastern Australian states will underpin flock growth in the short term as producers try to maximise their returns from the increased feed on offer after years of drought.
More US businesses seek expansion in China to cash in on the expanding domestic market, rather than seeing China as only a processing and export hub, according to Xinhua News.
Aero chocolate bars are now being made in the company’s Campbellfield factory in Victoria, to a new formula designed to appeal to Australian tastes. Aero is the latest Nestle chocolate bar to return to Australian production in a strategy the company started about two years ago.
China has been expanding pilot programs for cross-border trade yuan settlement since last year. The People’s Bank Of China has expanded the trial scheme to 20 provincial regions so far.
The PepsiCo-owned company rolled out the eco-crisp bag in April 2009 but was inundated with protests that the polylactic acid (PLA) material was too noisy. In October 22010, the US-based snack-maker succumbed to consumer pressure and reverted to the original non-biodegradable material for five of its six SunChips brand bags.
Cigarettes and other tobacco products must be kept out of sight in large stores and supermarkets by 2012 and in small shops by 2015.
The WTO ruled that US parallel anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties imposed on four Chinese imports — standard steel pipes, rectangular steel pipes, off-road tires and laminated woven sacks — are inconsistent with WTO rules.
Kenya launched two new tea clones last year that are tougher in drought. The research foundation said the two, TRFK 371/3 and TRFK 430/90, yield about 50% more and enhance profitability on better quality.
The Chinese government also plans to create an extra 45 million urban jobs over the next five years, the report added.
More US businesses seek expansion in China to cash in on the expanding domestic market, rather than seeing China as only a processing and export hub, according to Xinhua News.
Aero chocolate bars are now being made in the company’s Campbellfield factory in Victoria, to a new formula designed to appeal to Australian tastes. Aero is the latest Nestle chocolate bar to return to Australian production in a strategy the company started about two years ago.
The PepsiCo-owned company rolled out the eco-crisp bag in April 2009 but was inundated with protests that the polylactic acid (PLA) material was too noisy. In October 22010, the US-based snack-maker succumbed to consumer pressure and reverted to the original non-biodegradable material for five of its six SunChips brand bags.
