Australian coking coal producers have regained their competitive advantage after a Free Trade Agreement inked between China and Australia in Brisbane on the afternoon of Nov 17th saw the immediate removal of the 3% duty on coking coal imports.
China will officially drop the 8% duty on Australian alumina imports, which has not been applied in recent years in any case, under the landmark Free Trade Agreement between the two countries announced Monday.
Ministry of Commerce of China released export quotas on a clutch of primary products and industrial metals in 2015. Most of the industrial products such as tin, antimony, indium and silver were still keeping the export quota policy except for tungsten and moly...
China has implemented multiple measures to help the country's numerous small firms survive economic hardship and has seen positive results, a senior Chinese official has said.
China's Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs have announced they will halt imports of processed polysilicon, marking an intensification of an ongoing trade battle between China and trading partners over solar power exports.
The cooling of China's property market is likely to encourage authorities to speed up property tax reforms, which many believe will play a key role in putting the sector back on track.
The Chinese government on Thursday (Aug 7th) rolled out a regulation to tighten management of instant messaging services, a move which it hopes will help build a clean cyberspace.