May / June 2001

Nepal

• Best Wishes
• Nepal, China sign six different agreements
• FNCCI Delegation paid a courtesy call on Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji
• FNCCI and the Indonesian CCI sign MOU
• Economy grows by 4.81%
• Nepal , India sign for tourism promotion
• Nepal-Austria CCI established in Nepal
• Hama Iron & Steels gets ISO 9001
• Pioneer Cables gets ISO 9002
• Rum Pum regional Excellence Award set up

SAARC

• India world's fourth largest economy
• Pakistani Indian businessmen eye lucrative bilateral trade
• Bangladesh opens country's largest gas power plant
• IMF grants US $ 253m credit to Sri Lanka

• 63rd CACCI Council Meeting concluded with various decisions
• China's Industrial growth up
• Japan's trade surplus down
• Thai economy on the way to recovery
• Singapore's economic growth plunges
• South Korea posted a trade surplus
• Indonesia to grow 5-6%

World

• Economy to recover late this year: G10
• GDP growth of Germany
• Australian Economy revived