December 2020 - RW Freight

Cuxhaven port in Germany is navigating Brexit

Brexit will remain an unprecedented challenge for the North Sea port long after Britain’s newly agreed deal with the EU begins on January 1, because arou...
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Posted on December 31, 2020

Brexit rules to reduce casual imports of plants

Jersey horticulturalists are being reminded of new Brexit rules, which will make it more complicated to import plants into the island. From 1 January, yo...
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Posted on December 30, 2020

Pecan Imports Down 20%

Pecan imports to the USA from Mexico are down 20% year to date. While pecan imports have fallen from last years record-breaking imports quantities, the...
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Posted on December 29, 2020

German exports down more than 12%

German exports fell by at least 12% this year as demand from the United States and Britain collapsed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. German exports to th...
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Posted on December 28, 2020

Russia Considers Banning Moroccan Tomato Imports

Russia is considering a ban on tomatoes and other vegetable imports from Morocco. According to the Russian surveillance institution, some Moroccan veget...
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Posted on December 27, 2020

Container shortage persists

A severe shortage of shipping containers in some countries and an oversupply in others has created bottlenecks all over the world. Pakistan has been hit pa...
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Posted on December 26, 2020

Third country listing for UK agri-food exports

The European Union has agreed to 'third-country listing' for all UK agri-food exports. This means the UK has met all of the necessary animal health and bi...
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Posted on December 25, 2020

UK-France border reopens as accompanied freight deal reached

The UK-France border opened again today after the unilateral closure of the border by the French Government, which resulted in deadlock at Dover, one of th...
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Posted on December 23, 2020

Turkey to raise number of freight trains to China

The Turkish trade minister has said that the number of freight trains will increase, and continue travelling regularly to China. "We are proud and delig...
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Posted on December 22, 2020

Spices exports increase 19% to 7 lt in H1; chilli tops charts

Spice exports from India grew 19 per cent in quantity in the first half of the current financial year, touching 7,00,150 tonnnes. The export value was ₹...
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Posted on December 21, 2020

EU bans plastic waste exports to poor countries

From January 2021, the EU will ban the export of unsorted plastic waste to poorer countries. Trash importers and exporters will need to agree on how to ha...
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Posted on December 20, 2020

Chile cherry exports higher

Exports of cherries from Chile reached record levels this year. Forecast indicate that the production and export of fresh cherries is now estimated to be ...
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Beef exports from Brazil will end the year at record high

Beef exports from Brazil should end the year of 2020 at a new record high in volume and revenue. The Brazilian Beef Exporters Association forecasts that th...
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Posted on December 19, 2020

Russia to impose tariff on soybean exports

Russia plans to impose a tariff on soybean exports, a government source said. The export duty, coming into force on Feb. 1 and until June 30 next year, ...
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Posted on December 18, 2020

US Trade dispute affects Scottish Exports

US-imposed tariffs on imports from the EU have meant that for over a year, Scottish export products, including single malt Scotch whisky, cheese and cashme...
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Posted on December 17, 2020

Food and drink exports down £1.1bn from Scotland

The impact of Covid-19 and US import tariffs caused Scottish food and drink exports to plummet by £1.1 billion in the first nine months of the year. New ...
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Posted on December 16, 2020

Rice exports healthy in November

After continuous reduction in the first four months of the current financial year, rice exports from Pakistan witnessed a healthy trend in November 2020, a...
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Posted on December 15, 2020

Freight Trains leave Port part-loaded

Some U.K. freight trains are leaving the country’s biggest container port without a full load. This may be because companies are stockpiling to prepare f...
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Posted on December 14, 2020

Import and export costs go up. Freight rates rise

Freight charges have risen in the last few weeks because of the effect of Covid-19 on the global shipping sector, increasing the cost for importers and exp...
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Posted on December 13, 2020

No-Deal Brexit tariffs could ‘wipe out’ Scottish exports, expert warns

A No-Deal Brexit could cost Scotland’s food and drink sector £2 billion and risk business losses. The chief executive of Scotland Food and Drink, said ...
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Posted on December 12, 2020

Plans to ban live animal exports

PLANS have been revealed to ban the export of live animals from England and Wales for slaughter and fattening. The Government wishes to strengthen the U...
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Posted on December 11, 2020

Pakistan measures to increase mango exports

The Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan has agreed to take several measures for the promotion of mango exports. It was agreed that the Trade Development ...
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Posted on December 10, 2020

Turkey; rise in tea exports over 11 months

According to the Eastern Black Sea Exporters' Association results, Turkey shipped over 4,000 tons of tea to 100 nations from January to November. Turkey...
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Posted on December 9, 2020

Shortage of shipping containers at Shanghai

Exporters in China are struggling to meet delivery targets because of a shortage of containers at Shanghai. Shipping executives have spent their time si...
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Posted on December 8, 2020

Lambs exports

New Zealand is still a big exporter into the European Union (and the UK), up to a tariff-free quota. The UK consumes roughly the same amount of sheep me...
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Posted on December 7, 2020

US Beef Exports Fall, Exports To China Soaring

October beef exports from the USA were modestly lower compared with last year, while the export market to China is increasing substantially. In October...
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Posted on December 6, 2020

Import Aussie wine, buck Chinese bullying

China has slapped punitive duties on imports of Australian wine, and otherwise made its entry into China tough, to penalise the country for initiating scru...
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Posted on December 5, 2020

China exports largest proportion of UK imports

Britain imported more goods from China than from any other country in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) said....
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Posted on December 4, 2020

FIATA Guidelines to Freight Forwarders

The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, represening more than 100 national associations and 5,500 freight forwarding and logistics...
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Posted on December 3, 2020

Alcohol imports to South Korea double in 5 yrs

Imports of alcohol to South Korea nearly doubled during the last five years, government data showed. A total of 460,000 kiloliters of alcoholic beverages ...
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Posted on December 2, 2020

China city starts new freight train service to Germany

A new freight train route was launched on Saturday to link Hamburg in Germany and Xuzhou, an industrial and transportation hub in east China, amid strengt...
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Posted on December 1, 2020

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