Jargon Explained
The international freight industry uses quite a lot of technical terms and jargon. This glossary aims to help you understand some of these terms and we hope you find it useful
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Exports from China suffer container shortage
The economy in China has been recovering well from the pandemic, but is now suffering from the global shortage of shipping containers. A rapid increase in exports to the West, and disruption at ports because of the coronavirus, means many ...Read More
Tags: China, containers, exports, freight
UAE ministry bans import of birds, eggs from Estonia and Romania
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Climate Change and Environment has banned imports of birds and eggs from two countries. The newly-announced ban is applicable to avian imports from Estonia and Romania. It covers imports of all kinds of live ...Read More
Tags: imports
Israel relaxes import regulations on wireless products
The government of Israel has revised regulations considerably reducing the number of wireless products requiring a license from the Ministry of Communications before they can be imported into Israel. The Communications ministry says that the revision will encourage competition in ...Read More
Tags: imports
Aussie wine exports to China and US
Only three months ago, customers in China drank 50% of Australian red wine exports. By January, that was down to 1%, because of China’s tariffs of 200% or more on Australian wine. Australia's largest wine producer has decided to leave ...Read More
