March 2021 - RW Freight

Container shortage affects Japan fruit imports

Japan imported 112,100 tonnes of fresh fruit during February 2021, which was an 8 per cent reduction on the total imports 12 months earlier. The reduced i...
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Posted on March 31, 2021

Container Shipping shortage for USA

U.S. demand for imports of products made in China, including personal protective equipment for COVID-19, furniture and toys, increased considerably at the ...
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Posted on March 30, 2021

EU to reduce Covid Vaccine Exports for 6 Weeks

The European Union is finalizing emergency legislation giving it broad powers to curb exports for the next six weeks from Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in...
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Posted on March 29, 2021

Increase in imports of electric vehicles

Imports to Australia in February grew $577 million (2 per cent), led by an increase in road vehicles of $705 million (24 per cent). The Head of Internat...
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Posted on March 28, 2021

Guernsey Post buys freight firm

Guernsey Post has bought a freight firm as the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic damages its letter mail business. The firm said buying the air and ...
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Posted on March 27, 2021

Peruvian exports growing in 2020

At the end of 2020, exports from Peru amounted to US$39.310 billion. Export shipments from the mining-energy and non-traditional sectors totalled US$25 bi...
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Posted on March 26, 2021

Waste exports, imports – new rules in Korea

Exports and imports of waste for Korea will encounter revised rules starting April 1. The Ministry of Environment said a new enforcement ordinance will b...
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Posted on March 25, 2021

China-Europe freight trains carry on through Covid-19

China-Europe freight trains have been able to make more trips due to its security and efficiency. In 2020, the freight trains made 12,400 journeys and ...
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Posted on March 23, 2021

Cutlery exports from Pakistan increase

Exports of cutlery from Pakistan saw an increase of 29.54 per cent during the eight months of financial year 2020-21, compared with the corresponding perio...
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Posted on March 22, 2021

US banana imports

Banana imports into the USA in 2020 totaled 4.14 million metric tons in 2020. This was 2% lower than 2019 and the lowest import volume in the past five yea...
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Posted on March 21, 2021

Scrap imports to Vietnam drop

Ferrous scrap imports into Vietnam fell further in February: steel mills reduced import purchases because scrap prices are at multi-year highs. Imports in...
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Posted on March 20, 2021

Finland food exports to China in 2020

An increase in meat exports to China was a key part of the overall growth of Finnish food exports in 2020, said Business Finland, a governmental body for p...
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Posted on March 19, 2021

Serious decline of food exports to EU

Exports of food and live animals to the EU – including seafood and fish – have decreased by £0.7 billion (63.6%) in January 2021, according to the lat...
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Posted on March 17, 2021

Exports to Finland fell by 23%, imports by up to 52% in January

Finland - United Kingdom trade decreased significantly at the end of the one-year transition period for Brexit in December. Finnish Customs figures sugges...
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Posted on March 16, 2021

Sales increase for British food brand exporter

A business which exports British food and drinks has expanded into new international markets. Export sales to the USA increased by around 150% after govern...
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Posted on March 15, 2021

Port of Grangemouth’s new facility at Scotland’s largest freight hub open

The Port of Grangemouth has opened a multimillion-pound rail freight hub with the arrival of its Aberdeen freight train service. The new rail freight hu...
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Posted on March 14, 2021

UK sportswear imports to rise in 2021

Imports of sportswear into the UK increased 9.79 per cent to $234.0 million in 2020 (2019: $213.1 million), while the world’s textiles and apparel busine...
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Posted on March 13, 2021

US plastic waste exports break new UN rules

Recent customs data obtained reveals that US exporters, global shipping lines, and the US government are all violating the new 2021 global rules establishe...
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Posted on March 12, 2021

International CEOs see post Brexit UK as more attractive

A new poll of global CEOs suggest that the UK is a more important growth prospect now than it was before the split with the EU. A survey of 5,000 chief ...
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Posted on March 11, 2021

EU make major vaccine exports despite domestic shortage

The European Union has allowed some 34 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine exports over the past weeks, according to figures published by the EU. There ar...
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Posted on March 10, 2021

Citrus exports lead SA economy

The Department of Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) recently released the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for the final quarter of 2020. The economy...
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Posted on March 9, 2021

Freight costs from India increase over 100%

Freight shipping costs have been increasing dramatically over the last few months, causing exporters to lose business from several countries. Freight co...
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Posted on March 8, 2021

Clothing company possible US import ban

Campaigners have welcomed a potential ban on US imports of a booming fashion retailer and its suppliers after allegations over the use of slave labour. ...
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Posted on March 5, 2021

USA shipping ports congested

U.S. exporters are struggling to export food as the global shipping system strains under unprecedented pandemic demand. There is a confluence of disrupt...
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Posted on March 4, 2021

Taiwanese buy year’s worth of pineapple exports to China

China has banned imports of Taiwan-grown pineapples; in response, Taiwanese businesses and citizens made up for the potential shortfall by buying an entire...
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Posted on March 3, 2021

Strong exports from China

The Chinese government is quoting a strong outlook for exports, mainly because of the strong recent export and export order data for the Chinese mainland, ...
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Posted on March 2, 2021

Exports from China suffer container shortage

The economy in China has been recovering well from the pandemic, but is now suffering from the global shortage of shipping containers. A rapid increase in...
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Posted on March 1, 2021

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