MANILA, Philippines — The Sugar Regulatory Administration maintains that supply of sugar in the country is sufficient even if local production is seen to hit its 10-year low and further decline in the next crop year. Local sugar production is expected to dip 3.5 percent to 2.025 million metric tons. A sugar crop year starts […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – An ongoing survey has found that 90 per cent of employees here wish to continue working from home in some capacity after the circuit breaker ends. Across some 2,700 respondents as of April 28, 10 per cent said they would want to continue working from home for a quarter of their usual working […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The consumer prices, however, increased 4.9% year-on-year in the January- April period, the highest four-month growth rate during the 2016 – 2020 period. Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, in April saw a sharp decline to five-year low of 1.54% against the previous month as the Covid-19 pandemic caused […]
Read MoreApplications to extend Exporter/Importer Registration Certificates will now be carried out online until the end of July in view of COVID-19, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Commerce on April 27. This will help traders bypass the need to physically go to the trade department “The Ministry of Commerce has eased many […]
Read MoreINCOME inequality between states and changing energy trends are some challenges that Malaysia needs to address if it is to maintain its growth trajectory, argues a recent Moody’s Analytics report. The report, Malaysia’s Shifting Regional Diversity, looks the major industries in various Malaysian states, grouped by region. Electronics, for instance, is concentrated along the west coast […]
Read MoreModern trade operators are calling on the government to allow them to reopen their stores, saying their inventory is piling up and this could affect supply chains and future employment. Thanavath Phonvichai, president of the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce, which conducted a survey between March 23 and April 17, said the reopening of […]
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