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  • Japanese auto sales increased sharply at the start of the year,

    JAPAN, 2014/02/03 Japanese auto sales increased sharply at the start of the year, the Japan Automobile Dealers' Association said Monday. Auto sales advanced 27.5 % from last year to 292,446 units in January. Sales were up 18.7 % in December. The automobile manufacturers' association last week said request for new vehicles is set to fall 9.8 % this year as sales tax hikes will curb request. It expects the sales to total 4.85 million in 2014.

  • China Manufacturing PMI On Tap

    CHINA, 2014/01/01 China will on Wednesday see December results for its manufacturing purchasing managers' index, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. The PMI is expected to show a score of 51.2 - down from 51.4 in November, but still above the 50 score that separates expansion from contraction.

  • Chinese private sector activity in African markets

    CHINA, 2013/04/13 Increase in Chinese private sector activity in African markets is being led by labour-intensive manufacturing and service industries China’s private sector is gaining ground in African markets, with a heavy concentration in labour-intensive manufacturing activities, followed by service industries, according to new research published by Johns Hopkins University.

  • China's factory activity expanded at a quicker pace

    CHINA, 2013/03/24 China's factory activity expanded at a quicker pace in March, according to a key early gauge of the manufacturing sector's performance.  World bank HSBC said its "flash" index of purchasing managers' sentiment rose to 51.7 in March from February's final reading of 50.4. Any reading above 50 signals expansion in the manufacturing sector.

  • China Manufacturing Growth Picks Up Pace In December

    CHINA, 2012/12/15 China's manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in 14 months in December amid a build-up in new orders, preliminary results of a survey by Markit Economics revealed Friday. The headline HSBC/Markit purchasing managers' index rose to 50.9 in December from 50.5 in November. This was the highest reading in 14 months.

  • Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) secto

    BANGLADESH, 2012/12/12 If Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector ever had a cheap connotation tied to it, it is well on its way out, thanks to the efforts of high-quality manufacturers such as Mohammadi Group (MG). “It’s time for Bangladesh to re-brand itself as a producer of higher price added items,” says the group’s Chairman, Annisul Huq, adding that the entrepreneurs of the RMG sector have risen above the challenges of natural disasters and labor issues to sustain increase in the sector. “Nothing deters our spirit. The resilience comes from our need to survive and compete in today’s world with excellence,” he says.

  • Manufacturing Revenue to Grow 19% for China in 2011, Says Industry Group

    CHINA, 2011/02/04 MAPI says increase in 2001 will ease due to tighter monetary policies and sluggish increase part China's major trading partners. Despite the slowdown in fixed investment investment and the normalization of monetary policy, China's economy continued to grow at a double-digit pace in 2010, primarily due to the quick recovery of external request and the robust investment in the real estate sector, according to Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI statement.

  • Thailand's Manufacturing Growth Slows as Exports Ease, Floods Hurt Demand

    THAILAND, 2010/11/30 Thailand’s manufacturing increase eased in October as slowing world economic expansion and the country’s worst flooding in decades hurt request. The industrial production index rose 6.2 % last month from a year formerly , the Office of Industrial Economics said on its website today. That compares with the 8.1 % increase reported formerly for September.

  • China and India output jumps sharply in October (2/11/2010)

    CHINA, 2010/11/02 Manufacturers sharply increased output in China and India in October, powered largely by rising domestic request and defying a widespread slowdown in the rest of Asia. The official purchasing managers’ index released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing rose to 54.7 from 53.8 in September, indicating strong increase in spite of Beijing’s efforts to slow the economy to avoid investment bubbles.

  • Manufacturing accelerates in September

    CHINA, 2010/10/12 Expansion of China’s manufacturing sector picked up speed in September, according to official data. The purchasing managers’ index rose to 53.8, its highest level since May, up from 51.7 in August and beating expectations of a reading of 52.
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