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Moe calls for retaliatory scrutiny of Chinese imports

The Premier of Canada Scott Moe has called for a retaliatory measures in Canada’s import inspection regime to alert China of Canada's displeasure. He sa...
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Posted on April 30, 2019

Shandong Province, China sends more freight train

Shandong Province in East China has sent a total 214 freight trains to countries in Asia and Europe in Q1, up 251 percent from last year. Five new route...
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Posted on April 29, 2019

China to spend $965 million on Thai fruit imports to drive growth

China will import around $965.8 million worth of fresh produce from Thailand over the next three years. They will import fruit, mainly durian and mangoste...
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Posted on April 28, 2019

Rail freight investment in Tees Valley

A daily rail freight connection from Teesport to Scotland has been celebrated with an official locomotive naming ceremony at Teesport. Teesport now offe...
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Posted on April 27, 2019

Increasing exports of Scotch

The Scottish whisky industry has been supported in recent years by rising export sales. Exports reached £4.7bn last year. Several distilleries have starte...
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Posted on April 26, 2019

Tobacco imports to Saudi nearly halved

The import of tobacco products into Saudi Arabia fell by 43.1 percent last year, apparently due to the implementation of an excise tax. In 2017, Saudi A...
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Posted on April 25, 2019

Chile forecasts reduction in citrus exports

Chile has forecast a 3% reduction in citrus exports for the 2019 season, with clementines declining the most. The Citrus Committee of the exporters’ a...
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Posted on April 24, 2019

Afghan Saffron Increase In Exports

The price of Afghanistan’s saffron has increased in local because exports of the spice to international markets have seen a dramatic increase, a local in...
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Posted on April 23, 2019

Sri Lanka tea exports increase

Exports of tea from Sri Lanka for the month of March 2019 totaled 26.4 million kgs, an increase of 0.3 million kgs against the volume of 26.1 million kgs r...
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Posted on April 22, 2019

Exports from India reach all-time high

Exports from India in 2018-19 reached the highest in value for any financial year as India took advantage of the trade war between the US and China. Ex...
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Posted on April 21, 2019

Ukraine almost doubled imports of citrus in March

Ukrainian consumers are increasingly preferring imports of exotic fruits, although there are plenty of local apples at an affordable price. In March alone,...
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Posted on April 20, 2019

China increases pork imports

The China Government is now unfolding a protein buying program which will probably be the biggest in the history of US pork exports. This is because of Afr...
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Posted on April 19, 2019

Zimbabwe Exports to UK increase

Zimbabwe’s exports to the UK have increased by 276 percent since 2012, according to ZimTrade. Harare is now working on strengthening bilateral and trade...
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Posted on April 18, 2019

China may permit more Brazilian meat imports

China may permit more Brazilian meat imports after important trade talks planned for May, the Chinese ambassador to Brazil said on Monday. He did not sa...
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Posted on April 17, 2019

TV exports from China

A TV company in China company plans to export 1.5 million television sets to Europe in 2019 and 2.1 million sets in 2021, establishing supply chain centres...
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Posted on April 16, 2019

California wine exports down

Wine exports from the USA reached $1.47bn in revenues and 375m liters (41.7 million cases) in 2018. Over 90% of this was exported from California. Total...
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Posted on April 15, 2019

New freight route China – Poland

China Railway Express began its freight train service to Europe some time ago. Increasing numbers of international companies are benefiting from its relati...
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Posted on April 14, 2019

USA threatens new import tariffs on EU products

The US government has threatened to impose tariffs on $11 billion in imports from the European Union, which may make international trade even more difficul...
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Posted on April 13, 2019

Chilean plum exports to China cause price fall

Exports from Chile of the D’Agen plum variety to China have increased significantly during the current season; the glut has caused average prices to fall...
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Posted on April 12, 2019

Additional post Brexit railfreight services

Eurotunnel is preparing to operate additional freight train services and building a new terminal for unaccompanied trailers; this may be a preparation for ...
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Posted on April 11, 2019

Malaysia exports fall 5.3%

Exports from Malaysia dropped sharply in February, the first reduction since August as trade with most of its partners slowed down. Exports fell 5.3% in...
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Posted on April 10, 2019

Russia will expand rail freight exports to China

The operator of the Port of Vladivostok, and Rail Cargo Logistics-RUS will support exports by rail freight from Russia to China on behalf of the Russian Ex...
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Posted on April 9, 2019

Exports Drop from South Korea

South Korea's exports fell for the fourth month running in March, because of declining semiconductor prices and slower economic growth in China. The Min...
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Posted on April 7, 2019

Fruit & veg imports to Spain rise

The import of fruits and vegetables to Spain in January 2019 grew by 11% in terms of volume and by 26% in terms of value compared to the same month of 2018...
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Posted on April 6, 2019

Canada – China soybean exports increased by 80% last year

Soybean growers in Canada are concerned that China will block soybean imports as well as canola, which will mean they have few export markets left. Ch...
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Posted on April 5, 2019

Improved market access for agricultural exports from Australia

Trade measures to improve market access for agricultural exports is one of the main high points for farmers in Australia's Budget. The Treasurer announc...
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Posted on April 4, 2019

HMRC no deal EU exit Guidance for Ro/Ro Ports and Eurotunnel

HMRC have published information to highlight changes at Roll-on Roll-off ports and Eurotunnel should the UK leave the EU without a deal on 12 April 2019. ...
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Posted on April 3, 2019

US avocado imports threatened

There may be an avocado shortage in the USA if the President shuts down the border with Mexico, preventing imports of Mexican avocados. The United State...
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HMRC Transitional Simplified Procedures (TSP) – Day1 No-deal readiness

HMRC  announced on 22 March 2019 further details of new customs requirements, should the UK leave the EU without a deal. An extension of the date whe...
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Posted on April 2, 2019

India wants to increase Exports To China

The commerce ministry of India has called a meeting of stakeholders, including export promotion councils, on April 5 to discuss ways to increase exports to...
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Posted on April 1, 2019
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