Bangladesh’s imports are recovering after dropping by 13% in February.
Reposted from Bangladesh Business News
Bangladesh’s overall import orders increased significantly in March last over the previous month despite political turmoil, officials said Monday.
Opening of LCs against imports, generally known as import orders, increased by 14.44% to US$3.28 billion in March, 2013 from $2.87 billion in February, according to the central bank statistics. More…
Worker pours corn into truck after buying from farmer in Pailin.
Cambodia and Thailand yesterday agreed to boost bilateral trade and investment by establishing two special economic zones along their shared border and to push for the construction of a 1,800 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Koh Kong province.
The moves will “promote the livelihoods of people from the two neighbours”, said Cambodia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong after a closed-door border meeting between Cambodia and Thailand yesterday in Phnom Penh. More…
In April, the World Bank cut a forecast for 2013 Mongolian economic growth to 13 percent from 16 percent, citing declines in exports and foreign investment.
Mineral-rich Mongolia’s export income dropped in the first five months of this year as a result of falling coal prices paid by China, the nation’s largest trading partner.
Mongolia’s exports fell 3.3 percent to $1.64 billion in the first five months of this year from the same period last year, the National Statistics Office said in a release on its website yesterday. The value of coal shipments declined 44 percent to $448.6 million, while volumes dropped 14 percent to 6.33 million tons, according to the statement. More…
“The rise is due to a sharp growth in domestic demand”
Cambodia spent about $200 million on food and beverage imports to supply the domestic market last year – an increase of more than 10 per cent from the previous year, official data from the Ministry of Commerce show. More…
“We anticipate that there will be more than 700 new factories in 2015 that will employ more than 100,000 people”
The garment industry has been growing rapidly in the past two years on increased orders from Japan and South Korea, a spokesperson for the key industry body said last week. More…
High demands due to good economic performance, increased foreign investors, and more newly-opened companies
PHNOM PENH, Dec. 24 — Demand for brand new cars in Cambodia has remarkably increased in 2012 thanks to robust economic growth, enhanced social security and political stability, major automobile dealers said Monday. More…
The new factory will occupy more than 40 hectares and will have the capacity to produce 3,200 tonnes per day
A new cement factory is being built in Kampot which hopes to help meet domestic demand as the Kingdom’s construction industry grows. More…
Cambodia’s exports grew by 13.5 per cent annually and imports by 12.3 per cent between 2000 and 2009
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the OPEC Fund for International Development have signed an agreement to support trade in emerging Asian countries under the ADB’s Trade Finance Program, according to a news release. More…
Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo fight for market share in Myanmar
SHANGHAI: PepsiCo Inc is in talks to sign a bottling agreement in Myanmar, ramping up the competition with Coca-Cola Co as they fight for market share in a country emerging from decades of isolation. More…
Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia reached US$2.8 billion last year
Exporting Vietnamese products to Cambodia is beneficial to both countries, however, in order to hold onto this market, Vietnamese firms must remain proactive and consistently advertise their brands and improve quality of their products and services. More…
