Over the past decade, China's fast expanding economy and boom in housing starts lifted the country to being the world's largest importer of sawlogs and the second largest importer of softwood lumber, ...

It is unlikely that the Chinese will take to biryani easily with chopsticks but the government's decision to finally allow the import of Basmati rice from India will add to the increasing trade betwee...

According to China Customs statistics, from January to February 2012, China's exports of high-tech products totaled USD 78.59 billion, up 8.2% year-on-year.

According to China Customs statistics, from January to February 2012, China's exports of electromechanical products totaled USD 156.44 billion, up 8.8% year-on-year, 1.9 percentage points higher than ...

According to China Customs statistics, in the first 2 months of 2012, China's imports of gold ores and concentrates totaled 29,000 tons with a value of USD 88.58 million, respectively up 25.7% year-on...

India's black tea exports have begun scaling the Great Wall. Shipments of black tea to China have increased 10-fold since the 2008-09 fiscal. "Black tea exports to China have recorded the highest rate ...

By 2015, ASEAN bloc will become China's biggest trading partner, think-tank says Rising intra-Asian trade will propel the ASEAN bloc of Southeast Asia nations to become China's largest trading partner ...

China Grain Reserves Corp (Sinograin), which manages the state grain reserves, may have signed deals to import U.S. corn and it is ready to boost purchases to replenish depleted reserves if the prices...

China is poised to accelerate coal imports to take advantage of the cheapest international prices in 20 months relative to domestic supplies. The chart of the day shows the price difference in southern...

The price of iron ore imported into China decreased for the week ending on March 20 compared to one week earlier, new figures showed on April 24, 2012. The price index for 63.5-percent-purity iron ore ...

China and Germany, the world's two biggest exporters, can nearly double their bilateral trade in the next three years, but must also improve their market access and combat protectionism, Chinese Premi...

According to China Customs statistics, from January to February 2012, China's exports of textile yarns and their products totaled USD 11.94 billion, slightly down 2.6% year-on-year.

According to China Customs statistics, from January to February 2012, scrap-metal imports to China reached 1,787,000 tons with a value of USD 3.11 billion, respectively up 5.6% year-on-year and 6.3% y...

According to China Customs statistics, in the first 2 months of 2012, China's exports of apparel totaled USD 19.29 billion, slightly down 2.5% year-on-year.

According to China Customs statistics, during January-March 2012, China-Kazakhstan trade value totaled USD 5.19 billion, down 2.4% year-on-year; therein, Chinese exports reached USD 1.92 billion, up 2...

China halved its Iranian crude imports in March compared with a year earlier due to disputes over contract terms, its deepest cut so far 2012 as Western sanctions complicate Tehran's oil exports. South...

According to China Customs statistics, in January-February 2012, China's ship exports reached USD 6.92 billion, up 12.9% year-on-year.

According to China Customs statistics, in the first 2 months of 2012, polysilicon imports to China totaled 12,000 tons with a value of USD 350 million, respectively up 38.5% year-on-year and down 42.3...

According to China Customs statistics, in the first 2 months of 2012, China's petty frontier trade totaled USD 4.55 billion in imports and exports, up 10.5% year-on-year; therein, exports reached USD ...

In spite of recent wage increases and slowing international demand, China's exports continue to usurp market share as its manufacturers produce higher-value items, upgrade operations and increase prof...