November 2018 - RW Freight

Tonga intends to increase China exports

Tonga plans to grow exports to China having signed China's Belt and Road initiative earlier this month. The Agreement was signed at the APEC Summit in Pap...
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Posted on November 30, 2018

Advice for imports and exports post Brexit

On 23 August the government published a series of technical notices giving guidance on preparing for exporting and importing if there is a 'no deal' Brexit...
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Posted on November 29, 2018

Kenya wants to increase exports to Egypt

Kenya's Export Promotion Council wishes to expand the scope of export products to Egypt to include art and entertainment, cut flowers and textiles. “...
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Posted on November 28, 2018

Imports and Exports – new method of customs declarations

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is phasing in a new Customs Declaration Service (CDS). This is new technology, which replaces the existing Customs Han...
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Posted on November 27, 2018

Rail freight policy UK

Last week the Rail Freight Group published 'Rail Freight Outcomes in Rail Review'. This paper set out what the freight sector would like to see in a com...
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Posted on November 26, 2018

Containers can help environment

Ocean freight can cause environmental pollution, because millions of shipping containers coming from Asia litter North-American and European harbours. The...
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Posted on November 25, 2018

Exports help USS meat producers

The U.S.A exports 17 billion pounds of beef, pork and poultry annually, which adds up to 23 percent of the total pork produced, 18 percent of the poultry, ...
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Posted on November 24, 2018

China will ban waste imports

From December 31, according to official news agency Xinhua, China will ban the import of several different types of waste product. Newly banned product ...
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Posted on November 23, 2018

Fishermen demands fish imports ban lifted

The Fishermen Congress of India have demanded that the government of Goa should lift the ban imposed on imports of fish from other states. The ban was i...
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Posted on November 22, 2018

Norway ceasing defence-related exports to Saudi Arabia

Norway has decided to enforce restrictions on sales of defence-related technology to Saudi Arabia. Currently controversy surrounds KSA due to its involveme...
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Posted on November 21, 2018

China more open to imports

China has said to the Agriculture Minister of Poland that it is now more open to imports. He recently talked on a visit to China about expanding the ra...
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Posted on November 20, 2018

US exports more meat to emerging markets

As tastes change in emerging markets, the USA benefits from higher exports, especially to Asia. Exports to established markets are also improving. The ...
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Posted on November 19, 2018

Exports to Sweden

From January to September 2018, Belarus almost doubled its exports to Sweden, according to information from the Belarusian embassy in Sweden. Since Jan...
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Posted on November 18, 2018

Plant and flower exports from Holland falling

Plant and flower exports from Holland to the UK have fallen by 2% to the end of September 2018; this may be because of the fall in the value of sterling. ...
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Posted on November 17, 2018

Exports of saffron from Iran increase

In 2018, 105 tons of saffron were exported from Iran, representing a 40 percent increase compared with last year. The chairman of the National Saffron C...
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Posted on November 16, 2018

Exports and imports China

Last week China reported that exports and imports for the month of October exceeded forecasts. China recorded a trade surplus of $31.78 billion with the U...
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Posted on November 15, 2018

Nigeria imports Stockfish from Norway

The Norwegian Seafood Council revealed that Nigeria imported more than 9,000 metric tonnes of stockfish from Norway in 2017, making it the largest importer...
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Posted on November 14, 2018

Wine exports growth to China slows down

THE growth of wine exports from Australia to China is showing signs of slowing down. The value of exports shipped to China in the year to September 30 was...
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Posted on November 13, 2018

New import requirements from China

Growth of wine exports from Australia to China has eased, coincidental with the beginning of new “verification requirements” which were introduced by C...
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Posted on November 12, 2018

Scottish pharmaceutical exports growing

The value of Scotland’s pharmaceutical industry has been revealed in a new report by the Fraser of Allander Institute. This shows that the sector makes a...
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Posted on November 11, 2018

Afghan Agriculture Exports at “WorldFood Kazakhstan”

The US Agency for International Development is supporting Afghanistan in showing off its foodstuffs at the World Food show. Agriculture is vital to Afgh...
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Posted on November 10, 2018

Grain imports possible to Australia

Australia may import whole grain for the first time in more than a decade, as drought is increasing prices on the domestic market. The latest crop project...
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Posted on November 9, 2018

Egypt’s Agricultural exports

Egypt’s agricultural exports were valued at about $1.2 billion during 2017/2018, according to Abdel Hamid Demerdash, Chairman of Export Council of Agric...
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Posted on November 8, 2018

More exports of pumpkins from Netherlands

In the first five months of this year, the Netherlands exported 21 million kg of pumpkins, up from 18.7 million kg in the same period one year previously. ...
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Posted on November 7, 2018

New Airport in Istanbul should Boost Turkish Exports

The Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) has begun a global campaign to announce the grand opening of Istanbul New Airport. The airport opened on 29th Oct...
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Posted on November 6, 2018

Ukrainian Goods Exports grow

Exports of Ukrainian goods grew by 12.4% in the first eight months of this year compared with last year, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of ...
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Posted on November 5, 2018

Russia to resume some beef and pork imports

Russia’s agriculture safety organisation says it will allow imports of beef and pork from nine Brazilian plants to begin again from Thursday, ending an 1...
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Posted on November 4, 2018

Apple exports from Turkey take off

The Turkey West Mediterranean Exporters Association (BAIB) say that west Mediterranean Turkish growers have exported 21,900 tons of apples to 31 different ...
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Posted on November 3, 2018

Pepper consortium wants to limit imports

The consortium of pepper traders and growers is appealing for limits to the quantity of pepper that can be imported under south Asian free trade agreement ...
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Posted on November 2, 2018

Export permission from China for five more rice mills

China recently approved five more Indian rice mills for export of non-basmati rice. On Monday, India again pushed for sale of its rice to China, and urged ...
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Posted on November 1, 2018

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