In August, China increased exports by 8.7% year-on-year to $308.65 billion, according to the report of the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China.
Thus, the figure reached its highest level in 23 months. At the same time, the increase was the most significant since March 2023.
Imports increased by 0.5% to $217.63 billion.
Analysts on average predicted a 6.5% increase in exports and a 2% increase in imports, according to Trading Economics.
China’s exports to South Korea last month increased by 3.4%, to the European Union by 13.4%, to the United States by 4.9%, and to ASEAN by 8.8%.
Imports from South Korea increased by 13.3%, ASEAN by 3.5%, India by 3.2%, and Russia by 3.2%. Meanwhile, supplies from the European Union decreased by 4%, Japan – by 3.8%, the United Kingdom – by 2.1%, and the United States – remained unchanged.
China’s foreign trade surplus in August increased to $91.02 billion compared to $67.81 billion in the same month of 2023. The surplus in trade with the United States amounted to $33.81 billion.
In January-August, China’s exports rose by 4.6% year-on-year (to $2.31 trillion), while imports increased by 2.5% (to $1.71 trillion). The foreign trade surplus amounted to $608.49 billion, including $224.57 billion in trade with the United States.
Ophthalmologists at the Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (Odesa) performed the world’s first surgery to remove an intraocular hemangioma in a child. For the first time in the world, the Filatov National Institute of Robotics and Tissue Therapy of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (Odesa) performed a surgery to remove a large intraocular choroidal hemangioma in a child.
The institute told Interfax-Ukraine that the operation was performed by Mykola Umanets, MD, head of the Department of Retinal and Vitreous Pathology.
“Surgical removal of intraocular hemangiomas is not performed due to the very high risk of bleeding and the lack of effective methods to stop it. All modern methods of treating intraocular hemangiomas are aimed at stopping the growth and destruction of the tumor and are effective in the case of small tumors. In cases of large tumors, the only way to solve the problem is to remove the eye,” the institute emphasized.
The operation was performed on a 13-year-old patient. In August 2023, during an eye examination before school, the patient complained of a partial loss of visual field, but there were no complaints of visual impairment and he did not seek medical attention. During the examination in August 2024, doctors found that the vision in the left eye had significantly decreased. During the examination at the Filatov Institute, an almost complete detachment of the retina and a hemangioma under it were found. The situation was complicated by the patient’s young age (at a young age, tumors grow rapidly and behave much more aggressively), untimely treatment, large size of the tumor and unfortunate location almost close to the optic nerve, development of a large retinal detachment with loss of vision.
In 2020, the Filatov Institute removed a large hemangioma from an adult patient for the first time in the world, and it was also the first in the world.
“Just like in 2020, we relied on a unique method of high-frequency electric welding of biological tissues in ophthalmology, developed by scientists of the Filatov Institute together with specialists of the E.O. Paton Institute of Electric Welding, which allows us to remove a hemangioma in an adult patient at the Filatov Institute. The new method allows to remove a hemangioma in an adult patient at the E.O. Paton Institute and significantly reduces the risk of bleeding with the help of unique tools developed by specialists of the two institutes. During the operation, each dissected vessel was “brewed” to prevent bleeding,” the institute noted.
Hemangiomas are benign tumors in various parts of the body caused by abnormal growth of blood vessels and are practically penetrated by them. Hemangiomas can also form in the internal organs, in particular (very rarely) in the choroid (choroid). They do not threaten the patient’s life, but are accompanied by a significant decrease in vision and can cause the development of serious complications, such as retinal detachment, hemorrhages in the eye cavity, and increased intraocular pressure (glaucoma).
Prior to the successful surgery performed by the ophthalmologists of the Filatov Institute in 2020, the world had recorded the only case of surgical removal of an intraocular hemangioma: In 2019, Italian ophthalmologist Barbara Parolini performed surgery to remove a small tumor in an adult patient.
Source: https://interfax.com.ua/
Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises increased production of total rolled steel in January-August this year by 26.6% year-on-year, up to 4.318 million tons from 3.410 million tons, according to preliminary data.
According to Ukrmetallurgprom on Tuesday, steel production for the period increased by 30.8% to 5.274 million tons, and pig iron by 21.1% to 4.732 million tons.
In August, the company produced 589.3 thousand tons of rolled products, 690.7 thousand tons of steel, and 643.6 thousand tons of pig iron, compared to 588.6 thousand tons of rolled products, 708.9 thousand tons of steel, and 621.4 thousand tons of pig iron in the previous month.
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine increased production of total rolled products by 0.4% compared to 2022 to 5.372 million tons, but reduced steel production by 0.6% to 6.228 million tons, and pig iron by 6.1% to 6.003 million tons.
In 2022, Ukraine reduced production of total rolled products by 72% compared to 2021, to 5.350 million tons, steel by 70.7% to 6.263 million tons, and pig iron by 69.8% to 6.391 million tons.
In 2021, the company produced 21.165 million tons of pig iron (103.6% compared to 2020), 21.366 million tons of steel (103.6%), and 19.079 million tons of rolled products (103.5%).
German authorities on Monday announced a decision to introduce temporary control at all land borders of the country starting September 16 to reduce the flow of illegal migrants, the Associated Press reports citing the German Interior Ministry.
“The ministry has informed the European Union of the decision to introduce border controls on the land borders with France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark for six months,” the agency reports.
“We are strengthening our internal security by taking concrete measures and continue to take a tough stance against illegal migration,” German Interior Minister Nancy Feser said.
Earlier, Germany also introduced controls at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland.
Germany is a member of the Schengen zone, whose members abolish border controls on internal borders. However, in case of emergency, this control is allowed to be restored for a certain period of time.
In January-June 2024, the warehouse property market in the capital expanded by 23.4 thousand sq m, with 205 thousand sq m expected to be commissioned in the second half of 2024 and in 2025, according to a study of the warehouse property market in Kyiv by CBRE Ukraine.
“Despite all the current economic and security challenges, the warehouse real estate market is experiencing a steady recovery, not without sensitivity to the dynamics of military operations. The war and its aftermath remain the main factors affecting leasing and investment activity. In the first half of 2024, the impact of rising energy and raw material costs, currency fluctuations and a constant shortage of skilled labor was particularly noticeable,” Natalia Sokyrko, Head of Warehouse and Logistics at CBRE Ukraine, was quoted in the release.
The study specifies that in the first half of 2024, the first stage of the Dudarkiv logistics complex (23.4 thousand square meters) was put on the market, which increased the volume of competitive warehouse space on the market by 1.8% to 1.32 million square meters since the beginning of the year. Half of the space in Dudarky is pre-leased.
CBRE, headquartered in Los Angeles (USA), is the world’s largest commercial real estate consulting and investment company, with revenues of $30.8 billion in 2022.
The state enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” calls on local authorities to reinstate a total ban on visiting forests across the country due to massive fires, the state enterprise reported on its Telegram channel.
“Currently, the country is facing the most acute situation with forest fires since the beginning of the year. Over the past week, there have been more than one and a half hundred fires on an area of 341 hectares! The reason is massive shelling, downed missiles and drones,” the message says.
According to the Forest of Ukraine, the worst situation was recorded in Kirovohrad region, where 115 hectares of forest burned due to the detonation of missile warheads. In addition, fires on 54.9 hectares were extinguished in Kharkiv region over the week. Nearly 50 hectares of fires were extinguished in the frontline Sumy region. Due to the attacks of the “Shahed” on the capital, foresters in Kyiv region extinguished dozens of fires covering an area of 24.6 hectares.
“It hasn’t rained for many weeks in most regions of the country. The fire spreads instantly! The forest guard is working at maximum capacity. The average fire area has not increased. We are using all available means to stabilize the situation so that the 2020 disaster does not happen again,” the state enterprise explained.
The Forests of Ukraine noted that it is becoming increasingly difficult to extinguish fires, as the fire is spreading from the frontline forestry enterprises of the State Forestry Agency and the territories of the nature reserve fund. At the same time, a significant number of fires are caused by the human factor.
“We ask everyone not to visit forests during this period! We appeal to local authorities to reinstate the total ban on visiting forests across the country. This will reduce the burden on our response forces, which are eliminating the consequences of enemy attacks,” summarized the Forests of Ukraine and asked those wishing to go outdoors exclusively in the territory of recreational centers.
Source: https://interfax.com.ua/
