Laos recorded a trade surplus of USD 1 billion in 2021, with the country’s overall imports and exports, excluding power exports, totaling USD 13 billion. Xinhua reports that throughout 2021, exports were valued at about USD 7 billion, while imports were valued at USD 6 billion, citing information from the Lao Trade Portal. Major exports […]
Read MoreThe bilateral trade between Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia increased by 70.4 per cent to MYR8.03 billion (USD1.93 billion) in 2021 from MYR4.71 billion (USD1.12 billion) in 2020. The total exports from Malaysia to the Sultanate increased by 108.1 per cent to MYR5.78 billion (USD1.39 billion) in 2021, from MYR2.78 billion (USD0.66 billion) the previous year. […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The country’s manufacturing output continued to improve, although still at a slower pace in December, bringing full-year 2021 growth to a significant recovery from a decline a year earlier. Factory output, as measured by the Volume of Production Index (VoPI), went up by 17.9 percent in December, slower than the 25.8 percent […]
Read MoreA large number of petrol stations in several localities have suspended operations or have been forced to cut working hours over the past few days, reasoning that they have either faced losses or only received a limited supply of fuel. Huynh Ngoc Ho, head of the Market Management Department of the southern province of An […]
Read MoreEven as traders and business outlets accept both riel and the dollar in their day-to-day transactions, they must be encouraged to quote prices in Riel for local products, suggests Saravanan Ragupathy, Core Banking Specialist of Chip Mong Bank. Ragupathy told Khmer Times that Cambodia is a country that has a dual-currency system, USD is commonly used as […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Amendments to the Public Service Act (PSA) will pave the way for attracting more investments and bring the country closer to economic recovery, according to the Department of Trade and Industry. DTI Secretary and Board of Investments chairman Ramon Lopez yesterday lauded Congress for its approval of the proposed measure, which forms […]
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