Industry World PayU GPO: According to the 2023 Latin American e-commerce report released, sales increased by 2.8 times from 2019 to 2023, and the number of transactions increased by 3.1 times. Global ship orders decreased by 59% year-on-year. Recently, according to data from Clarksons, a British shipbuilding and shipping industry analysis agency, global ship orders in September were 1.86 million corrected gross tons (CGT), a year-on-year decrease of 59%. Among them, the orders received by China and South Korea were 17.99 million CGT (726 ships) and 7.42 million CGT (168 ships) respectively, accounting for 60% and 25% respectively. [...]

Industry On October 3, Japan broadcast footage of several special sharks swimming in a water tank. Under the orange-red culture light, their body surface emits a faint blue light. This is the first time humans have used an artificial womb to breed and give birth to a shark, a move that takes the practical application of artificial womb technology one step further. In the future, women will be spared the pain of childbirth, and tens of thousands of babies will be born in laboratories every year. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: In September, global sugar [...]

Industry American Semiconductor Industry Association: In the second quarter, global semiconductor sales totaled US$124.5 billion, a month-on-month increase of 4.7%, a year-on-year decrease of 17.3%, and global sales in June increased by 1.7% month-on-month. TechInsights: In the second quarter, China's smartphone shipments fell by 5% year-on-year and rose by 2.9% quarter-on-quarter. The decline rate was narrower than the previous quarters, marking the beginning of the stabilization and recovery cycle of China's smartphone market in the next few quarters. In terms of manufacturers, OPPO ranked first in terms of market share, followed by vivo, Honor and Apple, and Xiaomi [...]

Industry Insider Intelligence: The latest report "Latin American E-Commerce Forecast 2023" shows that e-commerce sales in Latin America will increase by 14.3% year-on-year in 2023, and are expected to exceed the $200 billion mark in 2026. The price of cocoa futures on the New York Intercontinental Exchange recently reached 3,569 US dollars / ton, a new high since March 2011. Cocoa prices soared, chocolate prices may rise. Analysts have warned that rising costs and more extreme weather are threatening output in major cocoa producers such as Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Industry-China CGCC(China General Chamber of Commerce) From August 3rd [...]

Trade Directorate General of External Trade of India: Businesses can import electronic products such as laptops, tablets and other personal computers without a license until October 31. The import restrictions will take effect on November 1. Industry -China Beacon Professional Edition(灯塔专业版): As of 14:23 on August 5, the total box office of the summer season (June 1-August 31) has exceeded 14 billion. "Lost in the stars消失的她", "Never say never /Octagonal八角笼中" and "Chang An长安三万里" are currently among the top three box office films in the 2023 summer vacation. China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: On August 4, the [...]

Trade Bloomberg: India considers scrapping 40% wheat import tax to make buying food from overseas more attractive Industry Researchers at Arizona State University in the United States carried out a new analysis of small spots on meteorites in the solar system, and calculated that the age of the solar system is 4.5684 billion years old, not 4.5673 billion years as previously thought, which shows that the solar system is "old" by 1.1 million years. Maersk: Global container trade could shrink by as much as 4% this year, compared to a previously expected 2.5% decline. Industry-China IDC: China's low-code [...]

Industry Yonhap News Agency: The Korea Superconducting and Low Temperature Society stated that the "LK-99" synthesized by the research team of the Korea Quantum Energy Research Center is not a very high temperature superconductor because it does not show the characteristics of a superconductor. The phenomenon of superconductivity means that certain substances cancel the resistance and produce a "negative effect" that squeezes out the internal magnetic field, but in the videos and papers related to LK-99, this Meissner effect does not appear. Financial Times: The number of companies listing in Europe has fallen to its lowest level since [...]

Industry Korea Display Industry Association: The global automotive display market is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 7.8%, from US$8.86 billion last year to US$12.63 billion in 2027. By type, the market share of automotive OLEDs is expected to rise from 2.8% last year to 17.2% in 2027. The proportion of liquid crystal displays, which accounted for 97.2 percent of the automotive display market last year, is expected to gradually decline. City of Hope: Scientists have developed a targeted chemotherapy drug AOH1996 that can kill all solid malignancies. The researchers tested AOH1996 in more than [...]

Industry American Superconductor U.S. stocks continued their gains before the market. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a top laboratory in the United States, issued a document stating that it used density functional theory and GGA+U method for calculations, which provided a theoretical basis for the so-called "superconducting materials at room temperature and normal pressure" by the Korean team recently. Materials research provides new directions and inspirations. China Fund News: Since July, NAND upstream manufacturers have obvious willingness to raise prices, and some main control chips are in urgent demand. In the spot market, DRAM prices have stopped falling since [...]

Industry China CLS: A number of paper companies have recently announced a price increase of 200 yuan/ton for coated paper. China Automobile Dealers Association: In July, the inventory warning index of Chinese auto dealers was 57.8%, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%, and a month-on-month increase of 3.8%. China Development and Reform Commission: Optimize the management of car purchase and use, and no new car purchase restriction measures shall be added in all regions. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: In the first half of the year, Internet and related service companies above designated size completed Internet business revenue [...]