Imports

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose in May at the fastest annual rate in more than two years with the help of a weak yen and a moderate pick-up in global demand, boding well for the government's efforts to steer the economy through market turbulence....

--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, June 17 (Reuters) - It may be too early to start beating the drums of victory for free-market capitalism, but there are signs that...

* May exports seen +6.5 pct yr/yr vs +3.8 pct yr/yr in April * Trade deficit to widen but exports showing positive signs * Recent market declines raise doubts about "Abenomics" By Stanley White TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's exports are expected to...

By Siddesh Mayenkar MUMBAI, June 14 (Reuters) - A raid by dozens of tax inspectors on one of India's biggest gold traders this week has tarnished the reputation of an industry worth more than $70 billion a year and put at risk its access to funding, a...

By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, June 14 (Reuters) - An artificially aged label was among the clues that a pricey magnum of French wine sold by celebrity chef Charlie Trotter last year was a fake, a wine expert involved in the case said Friday. Bekim and...

By Ruby Lian and David Stanway SHANGHAI, June 13 (Reuters) - China plans to scrap a decade-old iron ore import licensing system this year, an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter said, opening up an import market that takes two-thirds of...

(Repeats story published June 12 with no changes to text) By Stuart Grudgings KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Reuters) - A deepening slump in exports is sending tremors through Asia, threatening to undermine some booming emerging economies that have surged ahead...

(Repeating story from June 11, adds crosshead) * Indian economy can better withstand record low INR * Govt official says "not unduly worried" * Deutsche Bank says expects INR recovery By Subhadip Sircar and Swati Bhat MUMBAI, June 11 (Reuters) -...

* Copper imports up 21 pct from April low, soy up 28.1 pct * Crude shipments inch up, iron ore third highest on record * Overall import, export figures disappoint By David Stanway BEIJING, June 8 (Reuters) - China's imports of major commodities all...

* German imports from other euro zone countries climb * Trade deficits narrowing in southern Europe * Euro zone still dogged by economic imbalances By Leigh Thomas PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - Surging German imports from the rest of the euro zone are...

MEXICO CITY, May 31 (Reuters) - Mexico's large trade deficit with China is a concern and the two nations will seek ways to correct it when their leaders meet next week, a senior Mexican official said on Friday. Mexico ran a slight surplus with its global...

* South Korea testing U.S. wheat and flour supplies at weekend * Other Asian nations step up inspections * U.S. says no evidence rogue grain has entered supply chain * Price impact concentrated on U.S. Pacific Northwest crops By Charles Abbott and...