July 2018 - RW Freight

Rise in freight costs at Russian ports

Freight costs for coal delivery from Russian ports rose in July, compared with June. There was an early start of grain exports from Russia's Azov and Black...
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Posted on July 31, 2018

Egypt will imports rice due to water shortages

The government of Egypt will import rice to meet local demands, and has limited the areas allocated for rice cultivation to adapt to a water shortage. This...
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Posted on July 30, 2018

Rapid growth in global freight forwarding market

The freight forwarding market grew by 8.0% in 2017, which is a rapid expansion compared with recent years. The forwarding market is using technology to tra...
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Posted on July 29, 2018

S. Korea Exports Hold Up

Exports from South Korea held up despite global trade friction. Semiconductor shipments were the biggest exports, while domestic demand showed weakness. ...
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Posted on July 28, 2018

Pakistan Government to increase duty to control imports

The Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan is planning to control increasing imports to the country, which reached an all time high of $60 billion during last fi...
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Posted on July 27, 2018

Dairy outlook:lower optimism due to lost exports

In April U.S. dairy exports were the highest ever recorded, accounting for 18.8 percent of production;this led to optimism about better export prices for t...
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Posted on July 26, 2018

South Africa plans to sue USA over import tariffs

South Africa is planning to launch a lawsuit against the US, saying that proposed import tariffs on South African motor car imports will violate the contry...
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Posted on July 25, 2018

Local farmers anxious over long-term effects of foreign tariffs on exports

The USA government will provide $12 billion in emergency relief to American farmers affected by the reduction in exports and imports due to the trade war w...
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Posted on July 24, 2018

Japan exports to US fall

Exports to the USA fell 0.9 percent in June compared with the same period a year ago due to a decline in exports of cars and semiconductor manufacturing eq...
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Posted on July 23, 2018

Russia trying to subsidise cost of parts imports

Russia’s Ministry of Trade wants overseas manufacturing companies to continue to comply with the industrial assembly agreements drawn up under Regulation...
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Posted on July 21, 2018

EU exports from Spain fall

The value of Spanish fruit and vegetables exports to the EU fell 4 per cent in value terms during the opening four months of the year, while exports to thi...
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Posted on July 20, 2018

Imports for Kenyan state double

The value of imports by State departments and parastatals more than doubled in the first four months of the year. Import orders placed by the government r...
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Posted on July 19, 2018

Imports of European Cars into Korea increase

Imports of German cars into Korea showed a significant increase, in the first half of 2018, and improved European carmakers' market share. Smaller numbers ...
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Posted on July 18, 2018

USA May dairy exports third highest ever

On a total volume basis, dairy exports from the USA were the third highest ever, according to Marc Beck, executive vice president of strategy and insights ...
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Posted on July 17, 2018

Salmon exports from Norway to China to triple after end of restrictions

China’s decision last to lift a ban on some Norwegian salmon imports will triple the volume of the trade in the second half of 2018 and drive up prices, ...
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Posted on July 16, 2018

Citrus exports from Peru could increase by 15%

According to the general manager of the Association of Producers of Citrus of Peru, the country could export 192 thousand tons of citrus this year, i.e. 15...
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Posted on July 15, 2018

USA Sea container imports expected to set record in July

Imports at USA major container ports are projected to set a new record this month; increasing consumer demand and rising retail sales are offsetting the in...
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Posted on July 14, 2018

Chinese tariffs could affect beef and other USA exports

China only opened its import market to American beef last year and this new export market may now be lost to the UK and France because of high Chinese tar...
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Posted on July 13, 2018

USA import restrictions will affect S. Korean exports

US restrictions on imports of South Korean steel, washing machines and solar cells may cost Asia's fourth-largest economy more than $2.4 billion in lost ex...
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Posted on July 12, 2018

South African car exports under threat

After imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium, the USA is threatening to do the same on an important export for South Africa: cars. South Africa's exports...
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Posted on July 11, 2018

EU countries vote on steel import restrictions

European Union countries were due to discuss on July 5 measures proposed by the European Commission to restrict steel imports into the bloc. The Commissio...
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Posted on July 10, 2018

Tbilisi mayor calls for ban on used car imports

The mayor of Tbilisi in Georgia, Kakha Kaladze, argued on July 3 that Georgia should introduce a ban on used car imports, calling the situation in the capi...
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Posted on July 9, 2018

Indian Cotton Imports To Increase

Industry sources in India stated that an increase in the minimum selling price for cotton will eventually result in a higher average price for the current...
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Posted on July 8, 2018

India’s seafood exports surpass $7 billion

Reaching new highs in export performance, India’s shipment of 13,77,244 MT of seafood earned US$ 7.08 billion during the financial year 2017-18. Frozen ...
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Posted on July 7, 2018

Turkey exports $1.6B of hazelnuts in 10 months

Turkey sold over 255,000 tons of hazelnuts abroad in the first 10 months of the export season, realising $1.6 billion. The export volume between September...
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Posted on July 6, 2018

Imports of wooden windows to Japan down 25% in April

Japan’s April 2018 imports of wooden windows fell by just over 25% and compared with levels in March there was a 10% decline. There was a slight recov...
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Posted on July 5, 2018

Retaliatory Tariffs on Exports from America by Canada and EU

Canada and the European Union have retaliated to the USA import tariffs which began on July 1. The Canadian government began to impose import tariffs on a ...
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Posted on July 4, 2018

China to US Exports reduce as Tariffs Approach

Growth in exports from China to the U.S. slowed significantly in the first half of 2018, according to official data, indicating that the brewing trade conf...
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Posted on July 3, 2018

Strawberry exports to Russia quadruple due to World Cup

Turkey's strawberry exports to Russia reached $14 million in the January-May2018, compared with $3.5 million last year, as a result of rising demand relate...
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Posted on July 2, 2018

Belgians drink less beer but exports rise

The Belgians export twice as much home produced beer as they drink. The average Belgian drinks about 240 250ml glasses of domestically produced beer a yea...
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Posted on July 1, 2018

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