Indonesian coal miners may lose buyers because of a regulation that requires coal exporters to only use domestic shipping companies and insurance services, experts have warned. The head of the marketing and logistics department at the Indonesian Coal Mining Association (APBI) Hendri Tan said that many overseas buyers would choose to import coal from other countries because of […]
Read MoreSoutheast Asian suppliers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam have become increasingly important to global fashion brands. Nearly 20% of Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing’s disclosed core sewing factories are in Vietnam, though China is still home to about half. However, these suppliers now face a supply chain issue as most materials for the end product comes […]
Read MoreVehicle owners who have not paid road tax will not be permitted to cross the border into other countries, under a new measure that has been introduced to force people to pay the annual tax. The Ministry of Finance issued a notice about the ruling on February 18 to the Customs Department, customs management units, […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1.6% in January 2020, the fastest since May 2018, due to higher transport costs following rising fuel prices. The CPI rose to 122.4 from 120.5 a year ago but the 1.6% increase was slightly slower that the 1.7% forecast by economists in a Bloomberg survey. The […]
Read MoreThe Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA) says it fears that half the garment factories in the country may have to shut down temporarily as soon as March, due to a shortage of raw materials from China. The association announced this during a press conference at the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Singapore is becoming a hub for the property-management industry: It has more foreign Reits than anywhere else in the world, and the companies’ importance on the nation’s benchmark equity index is the highest it’s ever been. Since the city-state saw the first share sale of a real estate investment trust in 2002, it […]
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