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China's commerce minister Chen Deming and his Costa Rican counterpart Marco Ruiz signed the China-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement in Beijing on April 8. Both parties agreed that they will strive to implement the agreement in late 2010 after regulatory approval. According to an ...
Apple prices may go up in the international markets as China, a major supplier of the fruit, has reported a drop in their supply this week due to a bitter cold gripping the northern parts of the country. In Shaanxi province, the country s largest apple growing base, more than 22 ...
As in many other parts of the world, in recent years Taiwanese consumers have become more conscious of the food that they eat. They are no longer content with regular produce at local markets, but instead are seeking out foods clearly labeled as organic. The nation s farmers, in ...
CHINA - The price of pork continues to fall for the 14th week, causing an overall loss of production, according to the statistics issued by National Development and Reform Commission last Friday, 16 April. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, in the first week of April, ...
CHINA - Domestic egg sales have been slow recently because of high production costs, increased competition from pork and stockpiling of supplies. Egg sales are in a sluggish situation, according to Himfr.com, one of China's B2B search platforms. April is the egg sales peak season...
CHINA - AgFeed Industries has announced its intention to invest in a major pig production complex with 25,000 sows in Xinyu City, Jiangxi province. AgFeed Industries, Inc., one of the largest independent hog production and animal nutrient companies in China, has announced that it ...
Author: Ma Xiaogang Source: Farmers Daily April 9-the kick-off ceremony of the establishment of National Summer Breeding Base for Wheat and Oil Seed Rape in Yunnan Province, the R&D Demonstration Base of Modern Agriculture of Kunming City, the Research Base of Yunnan Agricultural ...
YUSHU, Qinghai, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao Sunday paid a morale-raising visit to quake-hit Yushu in northwest China's Qinghai Province, assuring locals of new homes and schools and steadfast relief work. "There will be new schools! There will be new homes!" ...
YUSHU, Qinghai, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Food, drinking water, and cold-proof tents, quilts and clothes are in short supply in the remote, mountainous Chinese town flattened by a devastating earthquake earlier this week, local officials said Saturday. At least 1,339 people died after ...
BEIJING, April 19 -- Beijingers spent an average of 66 yuan per meal per person at restaurants in the first three months of the year, an increase of 20 percent over the same period last year, a report by a popular restaurant review website has shown. The report, released by ...
ROME, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Italy's pavilion at the Shanghai Expo is a symbol of excellence blending innovation and design, architect Giampaolo Imbrighi, father of the project, told Xinhua in a recent interview. "The pavilion is itself, in the first place, an example of ' Better ...
BEIJING - Genetically modified rice seeds, along with some rice and rice products, have been on sale in Hunan and Hubei provinces, Greenpeace China claimed during a press conference on Wednesday. Local food authorities said investigations are underway. The organization claimed ...
China posted its fastest economic growth in almost three years, quashing any doubt about its robust recovery from the global crisis. But its surprisingly strong 11.9 per cent expansion in the first quarter of this year has also stoked fears of overheating, while raising pressure ...
CHINA - Chinese investment in Australian farms increased 10-fold in the past six months, real estate agents said, as Australia relaxed rules governing residential property purchasing and buyers see opportunities in agriculture. "They are interested in large scale cattle farms, ...
CHINA - The latest prices for live pigs, corn and soybean meal have just been published. The latest prices as they appear in the Chinese magazine, Pork Industry Science, are: Live pigs (RMB/kg) Corn (RMB/kg) Soybean Meal (RMB/kg) Beijing 10.1 1.83 3.18 Tianjin 9.8 1.82 3.07 Hebei ...
CHINA - China's leading chilled meat producer Zhongpin Food, announced that the Science & Technology Department of Henan province has given the go-ahead for the company's laboratory to gauge the safety and quality of meat products as a 'Key Laboratory' in the province. The lab ...
CHANGSHA, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Vanuatu hopes to cooperate with China on hybrid rice cultivation to address the country's food security problem, said visiting Vanuatu Prime Minister Edward Natapei here on Wednesday. Natapei, who is on a six-day China tour, visited a hybrid rice ...
CHINA - The Chinese veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Gansu. The World Organisation for Animal Health reports that the latest outbreak of FMD took place on 7 April in Gansu. The affected population comprises swine. Out of the ...
BEIJING Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd., one of China's leading brewers, announced a 2009 net profit of 1.25 billion yuan (183.1 million U.S. dollars), up 79.2 percent year on year. Its sales revenue rose 12.5 percent year on year to 17.76 billion yuan due to strong market demand, the ...
CHINA - The Chinese government is purchasing pork in an effort to support local pork prices. The government began the purchases for state reserves in an attempt to reverse a steady decline in Chinese pork prices since the Chinese New Year holiday, reports Asian Agribiz. This is ...
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