March 2019 - RW Freight

China to reduce waste imports to zero

China intends to reduce solid waste imports to zero by 2020. The intention is to reduce pollution and encourage recycling sites in China to deal with the i...
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Posted on March 31, 2019

Namibia stops cabbage & onion imports

Namibia will suspend imports of controlled crops -butternuts, cabbages and onions– between April and August because production in the country is expected...
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Posted on March 30, 2019

Potential Strike in Norway

Unions in Norway have warned that up to 25 000 private sector workers may go out on strike as from Monday April 1st if last-ditch mediation on this year’...
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Posted on March 29, 2019

Irish grain imports at record record level

Farming groups in Ireland are asking the Department of Agriculture to explain why ship loads of grain are being imported while farmers have grain supplies ...
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Posted on March 28, 2019

UK food and drink exports improved by whisky and gin

The Food and Drink Federation have released figures showing that food and drink exports from the UK reached £22.6 billion (US$29.9bn) last year, a “slow...
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Posted on March 27, 2019

Wine imports to China slide in first two months

A Shenzhen-based research firm published a report showing that the country’s wine imports suffered a year-on-year decline of 13% in volume in January and...
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Posted on March 26, 2019

New Container Feeder Services to Southampton

A container shipping group based in China will introduce a new weekly call at Southampton port, as part of a rotation on one of its Europe Feeder & Trans-A...
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Posted on March 25, 2019

Hong Kong’s exports and imports fall

Exports and imports of goods from and to Hong Kong both dropped in February compared with last year, official data showed. The value of total exports of...
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Posted on March 24, 2019

Record citrus exports

Southern Africa citrus growers will export a record crop of almost 137m boxes of citrus fruit to more than 100 countries this year. It is hoped that the...
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Posted on March 23, 2019

Grape exports record from Peru

Peru should finish the 2018-19 table grape season with exports of 50 million 8.2 kilogram boxes. This means a 51.5% rise in exports over the previous s...
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Posted on March 22, 2019

Poland and Czech Republic against illegal waste imports

Poland and the Czech Republic are planning to cooperate more closely against illegal waste shipments. The countries signed a declaration about illegal tran...
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Posted on March 21, 2019

China allows Tesla Model 3 imports

The Customs Authority of China has lifted the suspension on imports of Tesla’s Model 3. “We can confirm that the warning notice on Tesla has been can...
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Posted on March 20, 2019

Exports grow faster than imports in Poland

In January 2019 exports from Poland grew faster than imports for the first time since May 2018. Poland's foreign trade deficit amounted to EUR 100 million ...
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Posted on March 19, 2019

Turkey’s export rise

In February, Turkey had the highest February export figure in the country's history. Exports increased by 5% in the first two months of the year, and impor...
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Posted on March 18, 2019

Container Terminal in Sweden growing

A new greenfield container terminal at the Port of Gävle, Sweden is to be developed based on finance from a Swedish investment company. Gävle is Swede...
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Posted on March 17, 2019

South Korea export decline

Exports from Korea are continuing to decelerate during the month of March, which is endangering Korea's main contributor to the economy. The Cust...
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Posted on March 16, 2019

US citrus exports slow

U.S. orange and tangerine exports declined by about 2% in value and 14% in volume last year. Trade statistics show that the top export market for U.S. ora...
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Posted on March 15, 2019

China biggest supplier of imports to Philippines

China supplied the most imports to the Philippines, with 22.2 percent share of the total imports in January 2019, according to the Philippine Statistics Au...
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Posted on March 14, 2019

Sweden relieved as port strike cancelled

A strike guaranteed to delay Swedish exports and imports has been cancelled at the last minute. Dockworkers and employers signed a deal which ended year...
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Posted on March 13, 2019

Calls for London freight commissioner

The Freight Transport Association, the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Federation of Small Businesses are requesting the Mayor of London to...
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Posted on March 12, 2019

New high for Spanish Wine Exports

Vineyards in Spain should be celebrating, after the publication of export data from 2018. The statistics show that it was a record year for export revenues...
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Posted on March 11, 2019

Olive Oil record Export High

In the first month of Spain's new sales campaign, exports of olive oil from Spain have already reached a new record high. Olive harvesting was delayed thi...
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Posted on March 10, 2019

Freight Transport Group want Brexit contingency plans

Freight Transport Association Ireland is asking the government to advance and clearly communicate contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit. Speaking on th...
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Posted on March 9, 2019

Norway seafood exports record

Norway exported 198,700 tonnes of seafood with a value of NOK 7.8 billion in February. This is a reduction of 22 per cent in volume but an increase in va...
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Posted on March 8, 2019

Russia’s apple imports exceed exports

In 2018, Russia imported 125 times more apples than it exported. Imports amounted to 844,000 tons of apples exports were only 11.700 tons. The largest a...
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Posted on March 7, 2019

Ethiopia exports coffee beans

In the 2018/2019 financial year, Ethiopia produced about 426,000 metric tons of coffee, and exported nearly 4 million bags. Africa’s largest coffee prod...
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Posted on March 6, 2019

Kenya farmers protest cheap sugar imports

The Kenya National Federation of Sugarcane Farmers has complained about the influx of cheap sugar imports into the country. The chairman of KNFSF told a...
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Posted on March 5, 2019

Spanish banana exports lower than imports

In December, the volume of bananas exported from the Canary Islands was lower than the volume of imports for the eighth consecutive month. In 2018, the mar...
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Posted on March 3, 2019

Consumers criticise possible plans for Brexit tariffs on food imports

Consumer groups are strongly opposed to any tariffs being put on food coming into the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit, saying it increase prices, and s...
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Posted on March 2, 2019

UK car exports to China dive

British car production has declined as production for exports to China fell by more than 70%. The car industry is experiencing a number of negative fact...
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Posted on March 1, 2019

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