July 2019 - RW Freight

Nylon imports/exports fall

Exports of nylon from Europe fell sharply in May, down 51.3%, and imports dropped 9.7%. The decrease in imports and exports was mainly caused by low dow...
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Posted on July 31, 2019

Hong Kong June Exports fall

Hong Kong’s exports fell more drastically than expected in June. Exports declined in June to HK$309.6 billion ($39.6 billion), a reduction of9% from ye...
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Posted on July 30, 2019

Kiwifruit exports from Chile to Europe fall

The Far Eastern market seem to have become the leading importers for Chilean kiwifruit exports this season. There has been huge year-on-year drop in expor...
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Posted on July 29, 2019

Container goods improve port throughput

In the first half of the year import and export trade figures reached a record at Rotterdam. The largest port in Europe handled more container goods and im...
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Posted on July 28, 2019

Grape exports from Brazil soar

Fruit exports from Brazil rose by 21% in volume in the first half of the year, dominated by an increase of more than three times the previous year of table...
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Posted on July 27, 2019

Guangdong exports increase

Guangdong Province in China exported goods worth 287.7 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of this year, an increase of 3.9 percent over last year. G...
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Posted on July 26, 2019

Growth in Poland Freight Forwarding Market

Poland has become an important player the transport and logistics market. The Freight Forwarding Market in POland has shown a strong growth, helped by entr...
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Posted on July 24, 2019

Romania’s huge agri imports

Romania had the largest corn crop in EU in 2018 but has increased its corn imports in Q1, 2019 by 17%. The country imported over 173,000 tons of corn, c...
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Posted on July 23, 2019

Turkey exports watermelons to Germany

Aydin, a city in southwestern Turkey, produces 45 thousand tons of watermelons per year. 90% of these are consumed domestically, the remainder are expo...
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Posted on July 20, 2019

Pakistan fruit exports grow

The export of Pakistani fruits increased by 4.34 percent during the first 11 months of the financial year, compared with exports for the corresponding peri...
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Posted on July 19, 2019

European markets import/export more seafood products

The E.U. is the largest consumer of fishery and aquaculture products in the world. Demand far exceeds supply, so the bloc is increasingly sourcing prod...
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Posted on July 18, 2019

Jordan’s exports to EU drop

Exports from Jordan to the European Union witnessed dropped by 2.6 per cent during the first third of the year, in comparison with the same period in 2018....
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Posted on July 17, 2019

China imports beef from Panama for the first time

Shanghai customs officials have said that the first batch of beef imports from Panama has entered China. The imported beef, weighing 23 tonnes, is one o...
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Posted on July 16, 2019

TT exports $235m in chocolates

Trinidad and Tobago are exporting chocolates and cocoa worldwide, and their export markets are growing. Export figures are improving: in cocoa the Centr...
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Posted on July 15, 2019

Kenya’s avocado exports to China to increase

Kenya intends to increase its avocado exports to China by 10% annually over the next three years. Chinese traders are actively seeking new import opport...
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Posted on July 14, 2019

Norway praises India

Norway has praised India for accepting a UN court ruling on its maritime boundary dispute with Bangladesh. Norway said it was a "very, very good example...
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Posted on July 13, 2019

Customs strike team against garbage imports

The Department of Finance in the Philippines has ordered the Bureau of Customs to study the possible formation of a special 'strike team' to guard against ...
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Posted on July 12, 2019

Chickpea exports from Australia down

Australian chickpea exports in May totaled 27,288 tonnes, a reduction of 37pc from the April total of 43,134t, according to the latest data from the Austra...
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Posted on July 11, 2019

Bulgaria traceability of fruit and veg imports

Bulgaria plans to create a register of fruit and vegetable traders and will track importers' goods from the border to the counter. The system will also che...
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Posted on July 10, 2019

Temporary ban on pork imports from Germany

The Department of Agriculture of the Philippines has ordered a temporary ban on pork imports from Germany. It was discovered a pork import shipment from G...
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Posted on July 9, 2019

Ban on sea sand exports

Malaysia denied that its ban on sea sand export is designed to stop Singapore from expanding its land mass. The Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister...
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Posted on July 8, 2019

US makes first rice sale to Chinese buyers

A producer in California has agreed a deal to export the first-ever sale of U.S. rice to buyers in China. About seven months ago, China officially opene...
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Posted on July 7, 2019

Global Timber Exports

Out of the top-ten countries which export timber, the largest year-over-year increases (in %) were in Ukraine, Russia, the US, Chile and Germany. Exports f...
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Posted on July 6, 2019

South Korea may use countermeasures to Japan’s export limits

South Korea may decide to retaliate against the latest export limits from Japan on high-tech materials. Japan and South Korea are in a political dispute...
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Posted on July 5, 2019

Malaysia’s exports improve

Malaysia’s export growth remained positive for a second consecutive month in May. This was better than expected. In local currency terms exports gr...
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Posted on July 4, 2019

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