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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Saturday, 04 May 2013 08:42
The VPA's Russell J. Held (left) and Port of Ningbo's Chang Boaping signed the memorandum of understanding this week. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (standing row, fourth from left) helped facilitate the agreement.
The Virginia Port Authority and China’s Ningbo Municipal Port Administration signed a memorandum of understanding this week to promote the all-water route between the two ports.
The agreement laid down plans for cooperation on marketing activities and market research, as well as exchange of information, technology, modernization details and training. It was signed by Russell J. Held, the VPA’s deputy executive director, and Chang Boaping, deputy director general of the Ningbo Municipal Port Administration Bureau.
“China has been Virginia's No. 1 trading partner for many years and having these kinds of agreements in place will help strengthen our relationship with that country,” said Rodney W. Oliver, the VPA’s interim executive director, in a written statement.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Saturday, 04 May 2013 08:40
Ningbo Xingye Copper has placed an order with SMS Siemag, Germany, for the supply of two reversing cold rolling mills for copper and copper alloys. The company is part of Xingye Copper International Group Limited China.
SMS Siemag is erecting a four high reversing mill at the Ningbo City location, Zhejiang Province. The four-high stand will roll strips in the width range from 420 to 680 mm, with entry thicknesses from 9 mm to 16 mm. A specialty of the rolling process is that the strip is introduced into the closed roll gap in order to reduce off-gage lengths at the strip head and tail ends.
Tried and tested actuators such as a hydraulic screwdown, positive and negative work roll bending, swivelling rolls and multi zone cooling ensure close thickness and flatness tolerances. The annual capacity of the reversing cold mill will be approx. 75,000 tonnes. It will commence operation in July 2014.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 30 April 2013 13:51
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Affiliate Partners
There are at least three parties in an affiliate program transaction:
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Tuesday, 30 April 2013 13:49
2013 is the third year since the implementation of the Early Harvest Program of the ECFA (Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement). Statistics from the Ningbo Customs show that 428,200 tons of ECFA goods with a total value of 710 million US Dollars are imported from Taiwan in the first quarter of 2013, an increase of 33.72% and 41.27% respectively over the same period last year. The preferential tax reaches 178 million Yuan.
Since the implementation of the Program, Trades of 180 kinds of goods including chemical raw materials, machinery products, textiles, equipment sets, auto parts and fruits between Ningbo and Taiwan grow steadily.The third phase of the ECFA tax cuts is carried out in January 1, 2013. The tariffs of more than 800 goods are reduced to zero.