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Saudi Arabia resumes beef imports from South Africa

Saudi Arabia recently decided to resume lamb and beef imports from South Africa after a hiatus of more than two decades. This has opened up substantial op...
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Posted on February 29, 2024

Chilean cherries 10% costlier but fewer import

The prices of Chilean cherries are 10% higher this year in Vietnam due to lower import volumes. A VnExpress survey this week found that most of the import...
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Posted on February 28, 2024

Vietnam imports husked brown rice from India

Vietnam has imported husked brown rice from India for the first time in decades. They will process the grain and export the refined, white variety, accordi...
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Posted on February 27, 2024

Department of Agriculture limits imports’

Limiting imports under the lower tariff rate could drive pork prices higher as micro, small and medium enterprises would lose access to “cheaper” impor...
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Posted on February 26, 2024

Leaders Discuss Boosting Ukrainian Food Exports

The prime ministers of Canada and Poland have discussed boosting exports of Ukrainian grain and other crops to the world’s poorest countries to ease prot...
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Posted on February 23, 2024

Vietnam Province farm exports boom

The Province of Đắk Lắk in Vietnam has shipped large volumes of agricultural exports this year to many markets around the world, a positive sign for ...
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Posted on February 22, 2024

Ukraine poultry exports cause French producers’ fury

At an international agricultural event in Paris recently, farmers’ anger was met with action from riot police. French poultry producers blame increasing ...
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Posted on February 21, 2024

India’s exports

India's exports are entering new markets, venturing into uncharted territories in Africa, Latin America, and Central Asia. This expansion is mainly caused ...
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Posted on February 20, 2024

French shipping line’s revenue declines

A French shipping Group has announced a significant decline in net income, falling by 85% to $3.64 billion for the fiscal year 2023 compared to $24.88 bill...
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Posted on February 19, 2024

Rose exports bloom

Roses grown in Bangalore are experrience high demand from the export markets. Last year over 5000 kg of roses were exported by airfreight, making a 14 per...
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Posted on February 16, 2024

British International Freight Association welcomes decision on container shipping rules

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will not recommend to the Secretary that the current Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) should ...
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Posted on February 15, 2024

French exports of perfumes and cosmetics

There has been a slowdown in key markets, such as China and the United States but French exports of perfumes and cosmetic products continue to grow rapidly...
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Posted on February 14, 2024

Thailand cheap imports

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)in Thailand are asking for protection against the influx of cheap Chinese imports to maintain their competitivenes...
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Posted on February 13, 2024

Mexico exports more to USA than China

For the first time in more than two decades, last year Mexico surpassed China as the leading source of goods imported into the United States. The shift...
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Posted on February 12, 2024

Nationals from China accused of Illegal Exports to Iran

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that four Chinese nationals have been charged with various federal crimes related to a years-long conspiracy to unla...
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Posted on February 9, 2024

EU dismisses measures against imports of solar panels from China

European solar manufacturers are struggling to break even and are accusing China of unfair trade practices. The European Commission gives priority to ...
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Posted on February 8, 2024

Drought boosts Algeria’s cereal imports

Wheat and barley imports to Algeria look set to remain at elevated levels in the 2024-25 marketing year with delayed sowing, below-average rainfall and poo...
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Posted on February 7, 2024

Poultry imports to South Africa

Poultry imports (mainly chicken) peaked in 2018 at 566,00 tonnes but have since seen a steady decline down to just 373,000 tonnes in 2022. However, for the...
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Posted on February 6, 2024

European Commission proposes to extend duty-free imports from Ukraine

The European Commission has proposed that import duties on Ukrainian exports to the EU remain suspended until June 2025; exceptions will apply to certain a...
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Posted on February 5, 2024

China to Europe exports re-routed

Freight forwarders who organise the shipment of goods — have reported a sharp increase in enquiries and bookings for rail freight to Europe via Russia. ...
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Posted on February 2, 2024

China-Russia rail freight: demand increasing

Freight forwarders are reporting high demand for goods to be sent via rail freight from China through Russia to Europe mainly because of the disruption cau...
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Posted on February 1, 2024
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