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ROK’s March Iranian crude oil imports down 39.3pc

SEOUL, Apr 15 (Reuters): South Korea's March crude oil imports from Iran dropped 39.3 per cent from a year earlier on slowing demand for Iranian oil, the country's customs data showed on Sunday.In March, the world's fifth-biggest crude oil importer, imported 1.37 million tonnes of Iranian crude, or 324,612 barrels...

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China eyes wider opening up with QDII reform

BEIJING, Apr 15 (Xinhua): China is taking another step in opening up the financial market with reform of the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) scheme.The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said in a statement Wednesday that it would work with other government entities to push QDII reform and improve...

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Indonesia’s Lion Air to buy 50 Boeing 737 jets

JAKARTA, Apr 15 (AFP): Indonesia's Lion Air is buying 50 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aeroplanes in a deal valued at about $6.2 billion (Dh22.7 billion), the firms said Tuesday, as the carrier looks to cash in on a transport boom in the south-east Asian nation.The new single-aisle plane is the...

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US to export pork to Argentina under new rules after 26 years

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, Apr 15 (Reuters): US pork exporters will soon be free to ship meat to Argentina for the first time in 26 years after the two countries thrashed out an agreement to overturn an Argentinian import ban.The deal is a sliver of good news for US farmers facing trade tariffs...

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Venezuelan oil minister to reform energy sector

CARACAS, Apr 15 (Reuters): President Nicolas Maduro has decreed extra powers to his oil czar Manuel Quevedo to try and halt sliding crude output in crisis-hit Venezuela, which has sunk to its lowest level since the 1950s.Struggling with a deep economic recession, failed socialist policies, debt default, and US financial...

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