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Exports to benefit from robust US growth

The robust US growth is expected to help Indian exporters, according to the Indian press. “With the US, India’s largest destination for merchandise ...
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Posted on October 13, 2018

Dairy exports to China making recovery

Dairy exports from South Korea to China are recovering quickly this year after a large reduction in 2017 due to a diplomatic dispute. One major dairy pr...
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Posted on October 11, 2018

China Trade Tariffs affect USA Seafood Imports

The United States imports more than 90 percent of its seafood. The U.S. also exports seafood, but there is a big trade deficit, as the U.S.A exported abou...
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Posted on October 10, 2018

China-Singapore rail-sea freight route improves transit times

Last week, a freight train loaded with auto parts and paper products left southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, destined for a port in southern China, ...
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Posted on October 2, 2018

Afghanistan’s exports worth $56 million

Afghan officials say that exports worth around 56 million US Dollars have been shipped to various countries via air corridors. The head of Public Relati...
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Posted on September 29, 2018

USA imposes more import tariffs on China

The USA imposed tariffs on $200bn worth of imports from China on 24 September, including plastics and petrochemicals. On 1 January, the tariffs will rise ...
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Posted on September 27, 2018

US wine exports to China increase by 14%

U.S.A wine exports to China increased by 14 percent in value for the first half of 2018, compared with that period last year. Exports to that large Far Ea...
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Posted on September 24, 2018

Cherry exports dip in July

U.S.A fresh cherry exports dropped 17% in July, feeling the effects of retaliatory tariffs from China. Total U.S. exports of fresh cherries totaled 44,9...
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Posted on September 22, 2018

Lobster exports to China drop

America’s live lobster exports to China hit a two-year low in July. This was the first month when a new import tariff on Maine’s most significant expo...
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Posted on September 21, 2018

EU allows solar panel imports from China

The European Union ended its five-year restriction on solar panel imports from China on Monday. The previous week, the European Commission had announced...
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Posted on September 9, 2018

Taiwan increasing its imports of plastic waste

As China banned the import of plastic trash this year, there has been a marked increase of imports to Taiwan. The CEO of a large Taiwanese Food company ha...
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Posted on September 8, 2018

Argentina exports sweet citrus to China

Argentina has carried out its first shipment of sweet citrus to the China in eight years. A 22-metric-ton (MT) export load of W. Murcott mandarins was shi...
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Posted on September 6, 2018

Spain expects record grape exports in 2018 season

Murcia, Spain’s grape-growing region, expects exports to reach record levels of around 160,000 metric tons (MT) this season. In 2017 the region export...
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Posted on September 5, 2018

Tariffs on foreign steel imports save American jobs

There has been debate in the USA about the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on foreign steel to protect national security and minimise foreign unfair steel...
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Posted on August 31, 2018

Swedish healthcare industry booming in China

China's aging population has created a growing market for healthcare products from Sweden. Swedish exports of medical and pharmaceutical products have alm...
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Posted on August 28, 2018

US will impose duties on imports of steel wheels

The US Commerce Department said it has made a preliminary determination that imports of certain steel wheels from China are subsidised at rates from 58.75 ...
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Posted on August 26, 2018

UK food exports rise to record levels

UK food and drink exports have achieved record levels for the first half of 2018 at £10.6 billion, aided by a slight rise in exports of fresh produce. ...
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Posted on August 23, 2018

Pork Producer Says China Imports Drop

China’s pork imports are declining, because of a trade war with the U.S. and a fall in domestic prices. A major pork production company shipped more p...
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Posted on August 18, 2018

Chinese freight train enters Iran from Incheh-Burun

A freight train from China has entered Iran via Incheh-Burun;the train has 50 cars containing petroleum coke and will head to the Iranian city of Arak in M...
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Posted on August 17, 2018

July China exports maintain growth

Exports from China are expected to maintained solid growth in July, in spite of new import tariffs on billions of dollars of shipments to the United States...
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Posted on August 11, 2018

Pipe Fitting Imports From China damage USA Industry

The U.S.A International Trade Commission said that producers in the USA have been injured by imports of a certain pipe component from China. This finding j...
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Posted on August 9, 2018

Major growth in beef exports Korea and Japan

The USA had exported 159,000t of beef to Japan (its largest export market) and 113,000t to Korea. These are gains of 6pc and 36pc respectively on the previ...
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Posted on August 7, 2018

USA may impose higher tariff on China Imports

The USA government said that it is in the process of considering whether to increase the proposed import tariff on some goods from China to 25 percent fro...
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Posted on August 5, 2018

Traditional medicine exports from China

Exports of traditional medicine from China picked up last year, according to the China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Medicine & Health Product...
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Posted on August 3, 2018

China weak exports reduce factory activity

Manufacturing decelerated in China during July, as exports and domestic demand weakened, a survey showed. The China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing...
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Posted on August 2, 2018

Exports must be a priority for India

A major Indian CEO has said that the Indian economy cannot survive without exports. Citing the example of 13 percent growth for China in 2016 with the coun...
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Posted on August 1, 2018

South Africa plans to sue USA over import tariffs

South Africa is planning to launch a lawsuit against the US, saying that proposed import tariffs on South African motor car imports will violate the contry...
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Posted on July 25, 2018

Salmon exports from Norway to China to triple after end of restrictions

China’s decision last to lift a ban on some Norwegian salmon imports will triple the volume of the trade in the second half of 2018 and drive up prices, ...
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Posted on July 16, 2018

USA Sea container imports expected to set record in July

Imports at USA major container ports are projected to set a new record this month; increasing consumer demand and rising retail sales are offsetting the in...
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Posted on July 14, 2018

Chinese tariffs could affect beef and other USA exports

China only opened its import market to American beef last year and this new export market may now be lost to the UK and France because of high Chinese tar...
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Posted on July 13, 2018

EU countries vote on steel import restrictions

European Union countries were due to discuss on July 5 measures proposed by the European Commission to restrict steel imports into the bloc. The Commissio...
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Posted on July 10, 2018

Imports of wooden windows to Japan down 25% in April

Japan’s April 2018 imports of wooden windows fell by just over 25% and compared with levels in March there was a 10% decline. There was a slight recov...
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Posted on July 5, 2018

China to US Exports reduce as Tariffs Approach

Growth in exports from China to the U.S. slowed significantly in the first half of 2018, according to official data, indicating that the brewing trade conf...
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Posted on July 3, 2018

UK plastic exports to Malaysia triple following China ban

Exports of plastic waste from the UK to Malaysia have tripled in the first four months of 2018, after China banned the import of 24 grades of solid waste a...
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Posted on June 26, 2018

USA threatens new tariffs for imports from China

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose import tariffs on an additional 200bn  dollars' worth of  goods from China in a growing trade row.The ...
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Posted on June 24, 2018

Russia and China Railfreight

The national railways of Russia and China have signed a memorandum agreeing to develop a market jointly for ‘high speed' freight services between China, ...
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Posted on June 23, 2018

China to reduce import tariffs

China will further cut import tariffs for daily consumer goods starting on July 1, the State Council decided at an executive meeting. The average impor...
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Posted on June 20, 2018

Salmon exports from Norway to China rising

Norway exported 233 tonnes of fresh salmon to China during the third week in May, up from 44 tonnes the previous week and compared to 29 tonnes during the ...
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Posted on June 19, 2018

China: ‘handling Australian wine imports as normal’

At the end of last month, Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates Ltd complained that it encountered delays in getting some export products into China. The g...
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Posted on June 13, 2018

Mexico plans more exports to China

A Mexican trade delegation travelled to China to complete talks which will allow more banana, pork and sorghum exports, a top Mexican agriculture trade off...
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Posted on June 8, 2018

US initiates investigation into car imports from China

The US government has launched a national security investigation into car and truck imports which could lead to new U.S. tariffs. The national security i...
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Posted on June 6, 2018

China increases agricultural imports

After a recent agreement between China and the United States on agricultural trade, China is expected to expand and diversify farm produce imports more act...
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Posted on June 5, 2018

China agrees to buy more US imports

China has agreed to buy more imports of goods and services from the USA, reducing the trade imbalance between the two countries and calming fears of a trad...
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Posted on May 30, 2018

58% of US sock imports come from China

According to recent statistics the United States, the world's largest importer of hosiery products, imported $2.2 billion worth of socks in 2017 and in the...
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Posted on May 29, 2018

US places heavy import duties on Chinese steel via Vietnam

The USA government has just imposed heavy import duties on steel produced in China but finished and via Vietnam. The decision marked a victory for US st...
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Posted on May 25, 2018

China more welcoming to rice imports from Japan

In China, Japanese imported rice is only for the rich, as it costs four times as much as domestically grown rice. One reason Japanese rice is so expensive...
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Posted on May 20, 2018

Wine imports to China soar in Q1

From January to March, China imported 200.57 million litres of wines, representing a year-on-year growth of 32.34% in volume and a 35.84% increase in value...
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Posted on May 18, 2018

1000+ freight trains from Xinjian, China

More than 1,000 freight trains from China to Europe have made journeys starting from Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since May 2016. ...
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Posted on May 17, 2018

China Tech company in trouble, US imports delayed

A China tech company affected and delays for imported U.S. cars, apples, timber and other agricultural products are signs that the widening trade dispute b...
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Posted on May 13, 2018

US trade deficit drops; exports achieve record high

The U.S. trade deficit reduced sharply in March, as exports increased to a record high due to an increase in exports of commercial aircraft and soybeans. ...
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Posted on May 11, 2018
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