Russia will use Syrian seaports to export wheat to the Middle East – official

Published time: 18 Dec, 2017 13:38 Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Russia wants to use Syrian ports to ship grain to Syria and neighboring countries. Read more “Syrian ports are ideal for exports of Russian wheat not only to Syria, but via Syria to Iraq and other nearby countries. That’s beneficial for us,” Rogozin […]

Namibia’s Strange Cold War Export to East Germany

Little Lucia Engombe didn’t notice the cold when she arrived in the German Democratic Republic on a wintry night in 1979 because she was wrapped warmly and carried into the airport. But the 7-year-old Namibian refugee was immediately struck by how bright everything was. “In Africa, it was dark at night,” she says. “I had […]

Chinese trade data misses and export and import growth slows

Chinese trade data produced a rare miss in July with annual growth in exports and imports both undershooting expectations. According to China’s General Administration of Customs, exports grew by 7.2% year-on-year in US dollar denominated terms, missing forecasts for an increase of 10.9%. That was also below the 11.3% increase previously reported in June. Business […]

UN moves to cut a third of North Korea’s $3 billion annual export revenue over ICBM tests

Thomson Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Saturday on a U.S.-drafted resolution that aims to slash by a third North Korea’s $ 3 billion annual export revenue over Pyongyang’s two intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in July. A council diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said […]

The next big catalyst in the US oil export boom is coming

Andrew Burton/Getty The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port plans to start exporting crude by early next year, in the latest indication there’s an oil export boom in the world’s top oil consumer. According to media reports citing an emailed LOOP statement, the private company operating the port is currently looking for potential producers interested in shipping their crude […]

After 40yr oil export ban, US looks to top global market – report

The US may transform into one of the world’s top oil exporters in only a few short years due to its production increase of shale oil, an energy consulting group says. The consultancy PIRA energy group has released a new forecast relating to the current boom of US shale oil production. The group has estimated […]

AWS QuickSight now lets you export data in CSV format

Public cloud infrastructure provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced a small but helpful update to Amazon QuickSight, its web-based business intelligence (BI) tool for visualizing data. Now it’s possible to export data from a visualization into a .CSV file, which people can use in other software, including spreadsheet apps like Microsoft Excel and Google […]