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Waste Import Restrictions

The government of S Korea released an official announcement on waste import restrictions on June 29. The purpose of the restrictions is to limit the imp...
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Posted on June 30, 2020

Pharma body in India seeks faster import clearances

The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India said it has been flooded with distress calls from member companies over acute disruption in manufactu...
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Posted on June 29, 2020

Time to stop sand exports from Malaysia

Recent media reports say that the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry issued 11 approved permits (APs) for river sand exports. Permit holders are allowed...
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Posted on June 28, 2020

Launch of freight traffic across Crimean bridge

Freight traffic across the Kerch Strait Bridge has commenced between Russia and Crimea. A train from Crimea carried goods, and the one from Russia with fue...
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Posted on June 27, 2020

Spanish Olive Oil Exports Peak in March

Exports of Spanish olive oil in March exceeded 159,000 tons, setting a new record. The best previous performance was in October of 2019, when the export vo...
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Posted on June 26, 2020

Māori exports to China reduce

Māori businesses in New Zealand have gone from their best year of export sales on record to their worst year. Statistics NZ show that Māori authoritie...
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Posted on June 25, 2020

Accountancy firm advising clients to reject Chinese imports

A major Australian accounting firm is urging clients to seek alternatives to Chinese goods imports, in order to reduce supply chain risk. The firm is quest...
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Posted on June 23, 2020

China Suspends Chicken Exports

China has suspended poultry exports from an Arkansas processing plant, where workers had tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson for the processing...
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Posted on June 22, 2020

Increase in Greek fruit and veg exports

According the Association of Greek Exporters and Distributors of Fruits, Vegetables and Juices INCOFRUIT-HELLAS, exports from Greece during the first four ...
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Posted on June 21, 2020

Kenya flower exports rises to 80 per cent

Kenya’s flower exports have risen to 80 per cent from 30 per cent compared with the previous year in the last month. The Covid-19 pandemic had caused a c...
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Posted on June 20, 2020

New Irish Sea shipping route

A shipping company has announced a new freight service out of the Port of Liverpool to meet growing demand. the new tri-weekly Liverpool to Dublin servi...
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Posted on June 19, 2020

Egypt opens 7 new export markets

Egypt has opened seven new markets for fruit and vegetable exports within 6 months, despite the difficulties created by the Covid-19 crisis. Agricultural e...
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Posted on June 18, 2020

Winemakers inr Portugal resume exports to China

Winemakers in the Dão wine region of Portugal have exported their first shipment of wine to China since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is ho...
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Posted on June 17, 2020

Xinjiang, China exports greater variety

Agricultural produce from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has increased its variety of produce exports, with efforts being made to impro...
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Posted on June 16, 2020

Scottish exports fall by 15%

Scottish goods exports in the first three months of this year were worth £7.17 billion, from £8.49bn a year ago; this reflects Covid-19’s impact on glo...
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Posted on June 15, 2020

Short sea shipping

AS the Covid-19 pandemic encourages businesses to innovate, one idea being promoted is short-sea shipping, which could contribute to solving the prevailin...
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Posted on June 14, 2020

Farmed salmon exports from Norway fell 18% in past week

Salmon exports are becoming increasingly difficult because of border closures and travel bans. "The only thing that is certain is that there is a lot of...
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Posted on June 13, 2020

Brexit: UK to reduce EU border checks

The government of the UK has indicated that HMRC will apply much less rigorous EU border checks on imports than initially planned, once the Brexit transiti...
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Posted on June 12, 2020

Singapore and France agree freight policy

Singapore and France have announced in a joint statement that they will co-operate to ensure the supply chains for essential food and agricultural freight ...
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Posted on June 11, 2020

Exports from Germany fall drastically

German exports fell at a record rate in April because economies around the world shut down to contain Covid-19. Export volumes fell 31.1% from a year ea...
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Posted on June 10, 2020

COVID-19 harms Kenyan Horticulture Exports

COVID-19 is damaging most sectors of the world’s economy. But Kenya has enjoyed a booming trade relationship with Europe recently, and the global lockdow...
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Posted on June 9, 2020

US Fruit and vegetable imports

U.S. imports of fruits and vegetables rose 6 percent from May 2019 through April of this year, totaling more than $24 billion dollars. Berries, excludi...
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China-Europe freight trains help fight pandemic

The China-Europe freight rail transport service is considered a significant part of China's Belt and Road Initiative which is aimed to increase trade betw...
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Posted on June 7, 2020

Taiwan approves apple exports from Italy

Italy has been signing protocols of understanding for the export of rice and meat to China and the freeing of the Brazilian market for plums from Italy. ...
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Posted on June 6, 2020

Villiers: insists on standards for imports of US chicken

A former Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers, has urged the government to take a firm position regarding chicken imports when negotiating...
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Posted on June 5, 2020

China Suspends US Pork and Soybean Imports

Responding to the threat from the USA to remove special treatment for Hong Kong, including export controls and extradition treatment, China has suspended i...
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Posted on June 4, 2020

Thailand food exports soar

Thailand is making the most of its history of food production, as the Covid-19 pandemic affects production and shipments of manufactured goods. The prop...
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Posted on June 3, 2020

Mango exports from Pakistan hit by Covid-19

Traditional mango exports have been badly affected by the economic havoc wreaked by Covid-19 and exporters fear a huge decline in export of the fruit in 20...
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Posted on June 2, 2020

China-Europe freight train 72% increase

From May 31, China-Europe freight trains running from Yiwu, in the Zhejiang province of China carried out 200 trips this year. The service transported 16,6...
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Posted on June 1, 2020
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