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India worried about exports to Ukraine

The government in India is worried about the impact on its exports because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The finance minister asked for industry feedbac...
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Posted on February 28, 2022

China Covid-zero policy – NZ businesses suspend exports

A few New Zealand food businesses have suspended exports destined for China - after positive Covid-19 cases were detected amongst staff. Although catchi...
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Posted on February 25, 2022

Finland divided on weapons export ban

Parliamentary parties in Finland are divided on whether the country should relax its arms exports ban to Ukraine. The Prime Minister Sanna Marin's (SDP)...
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Posted on February 24, 2022

India’s human hair export ban

India is a leading supplier of human hair for wigs, both for the fashion industry and people suffering from conditions such as alopecia or hair loss from c...
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Posted on February 23, 2022

Seafood company boosts exports

A fish processing business in north Scotland has benefitted from an eight-figure funding package from HSBC UK, backed by UK Export Finance (UKEF). The comp...
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Posted on February 22, 2022

Freight forwarders cease activities in Nigeria ports

Freight forwarders in Nigeria have blocked activities at the ports with protests at the Tin Can Island Port and PTML Terminals. They are protesting about...
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Posted on February 21, 2022

Container supply chain crisis

A combination of port congestion, container shortages and wider supply chain disruption has caused supply and demand for containers to be unbalanced. T...
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Posted on February 18, 2022

African gang threatened freight company workers

Four members of an African gang have been sentenced to three years imprisonment, for breaking into a freight company and threatening its workers. They also...
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Posted on February 17, 2022

Imports from China into Israel – all-time monthly record

Israeli imports of goods from China, excluding diamonds, amounted to 1.51 billion U.S. dollars in January. This represents Israel's highest monthly tota...
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Posted on February 16, 2022

Avocado imports from Mexico suspended

The U.S. government has suspended all imports of avocados from Mexico after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat. Avocado exports a...
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Posted on February 15, 2022

Australia exports first dried cannabis flower shipment

Australia’s first dried cannabis flower export to the UK’s largest distributor of medicinal cannabis is establishing Australia as a major supplier of t...
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Posted on February 14, 2022

Ireland plans €100m food exports to Saudi Arabia

Ireland aims to export more than €100 million to Saudi Arabia by 2025 within a wider plan to raise food and drinks shipments to the Middle East. The p...
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Posted on February 11, 2022

Black Sea exports fall on war news

Ukrainian officials said that naval drills off its Black Sea coast made navigating the busy trade route “impossible”. There has been a visible impact o...
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Posted on February 10, 2022

Air freight continues growth at Schiphol

Imports of roses continued to arrive from Kenya, as did electronics imports from Asia. Air freight at Schiphol was relatively unaffected by the corona cris...
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Posted on February 9, 2022

UK imports from Asia increase despite Covid-19

Over the last four years, the UK has become more reliant on imports from low-cost countries in Asia. In spite of supply chain disruptions caused by Covid-1...
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Posted on February 8, 2022

China suspends chicken imports from 2 Brazilian facilities

The Government of China has said nothing about the reason for suspending imports of chicken meat from 2 Brazilian processing facilities. Imports were su...
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Posted on February 7, 2022

Portuguese exports to UK fall: imports attract higher tariffs

Portugal’s economy minister has spoken about the effecrts of Brexit on Portugal. He said “Some exports have been very adversely affected,” he sai...
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Posted on February 4, 2022

China top importer of Japanese food

Last year mainland China became the largest importer of Japanese food products for the first time. Until then, Hong Kong had been the longtime lead importe...
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Posted on February 3, 2022

Pakistan Sports goods exports

Sports goods exports grew by 26.20 % during the first six months of fiscal year 2021-22 as compared to exports of the same period of last year. From Jul...
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Posted on February 2, 2022

Canadian beef exports increase In 2021

Canada is a major participant in the international beef trade; exports were up in volume in 2021 by 22%, and 39% in value from January to November. Cana...
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Posted on February 1, 2022
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