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China Food Imports
Food imports to China have surged recently years mainly because of growing demand from a huge middle class. Their value was $89 billion in 2019, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture, making China the world's ...Read More
China import rules cause problems for exporters
Exporters of Irish whiskey, Belgian chocolate and European coffee brands are working hard to comply with new Chinese food and beverage import regulations. Many exporters fear their goods will be unable to enter the China by the Jan. 1 deadline. ...Read More
Drought affecting Argentine grains exports
A 'once-in-a-century drought made the water level of Argentina's main grains transport river so low that farm exports have been reduced. Logistics costs have increased, caused by a trend that meteorologists said will probably continue into next year. The South ...Read More
US exporters want to Cut UK Bourbon Tariffs
The Bourbon Alliance in the USA – distillers, restaurants and pubs, retailers, wholesalers, and US whiskey fans - is launching a campaign to urge the British government to remove the 25 percent import tariff on US whiskey which was initiated ...Read More
Pakistan Carpet sector should be given priority for increasing exports
The Senior Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association said that the export sectors should be divided into categories according to the size of the problems being faced. The sector which has more difficulties should be given ...Read More
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 since September frantically calling ocean liners and agents to book containers for his customers. Exporters are under ...Read More
Trade Ministry, TFO Canada team up to promote food, IT exports
The Trade Ministry of Indonesia and Canada’s Trade Facilitation Office (TFO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate in export promotion. The director general of national export development in Indonesia said the partnership was aimed at promoting exports ...Read More
British International Freight Association
The trade association for UK freight forwarders says it is hoping that its members, the companies that manage cross-border trade between the UK and EU, will have sufficient time to make the preparations to facilitate the revised arrangements. The Director ...Read More
Farmed salmon exports from Norway fell 18% in past week
Salmon exports are becoming increasingly difficult because of border closures and travel bans. "The only thing that is certain is that there is a lot of uncertainty," Ingrid Kassen, general manager of medium-sized Norwegian salmon exporter Norwell, told IntraFish. Currently ...Read More
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Fresh produce exports from Australia to restart
The government of Australia has announced a new support package to ease easing pressure fresh produce exporters have experienced because of widespread border closures and lack of airfreight services due to the coronavirus. Flights from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth ...Read More
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Shipping from China affected by coronavirus
Most cities in China have begun normal working again, but some shipping line offices will remain closed or be providing a limited service. Exporters factories are not necessarily working at 100%; some cities in China have closed their borders for ...Read More
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Free-to-use tools help navigate exports post-Brexit
The Department for International Trade has provided two digital tools for based businesses which export to the UK or export from the UK. The tools are available on gov.uk and give product-specific and country-specific information on tariffs, regulations and other ...Read More
Exports grow from Uganda
Despite border disputes and export blockades which were imposed on some of Uganda’s goods, exports grew in 2019, according to data from Uganda Export Promotions Board (UEPB). The UEPB's Director, speaking during the 4th annual exporters conference in Kampala said ...Read More
Waste imports to Asian countries
Within months of China banning waste imports in 2018, shipments of waste from Europe, Australia, Canada, the United States and Japan began to arrive at ports in Southeast Asia, including to Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. According to Greenpeace, between 2016 ...Read More
Possible new freight route Scotland – Holland
If proposals for a new ferry line between Rosyth and Groningen are fruitful, there would be advantages for Scottish exporters and British roads. New ferries have a capacity of up to 200 freight vehicles, in addition to 500 cars and ...Read More
Top 5 exporters account for a quarter of exports
A new report from the Central Statistical Office show that the country's five biggest exporters accounted for 26% of all exports in 2017. The biggest export sector was pharmaceuticals. The CSO said that the five highest value exporters accounted for ...Read More
Concern about fraudulent imports of cashew kernel
Cashew processors and exporters in India are worried about the sharp increase in fraudulent imports of cashew kernels. India produces 6-7 million tonne of raw cashews per year and until recently was the leading exporter of kernels to the global ...Read More
Knitwear exports from India
Knitwear exports from India during April 2019 are on the increase which is a very encouraging sign, said the chairman of India International Knit Fair. India now has an advantage because the United States (US) imposed import tariffs on some ...Read More
China suspends imports from Canada pork producer
Pork producers in Canada await developments, after China temporarily suspended pork imports from two Canadian processing facilities. The suspension imposed by China may be because of labelling irregularities. This is a matter of concern for Canadian exporters of pork.
Turkish machinery wants to double exports
The machinery industry of Turkey was one of the three segments of industry with the highest increase in exports during 2018. The sector increased its exports by 15 percent in 2018 and reached $17.1 billion, according to the chairman of ...Read More
Export/import Customs declarations if No Deal Brexit
HMRC this week is sending out letters to VAT registered businesses who currently import and/or export goods with the EU. The letter gives advice on actions that must be taken immediately, and changes to prepare for if there is a ...Read More
Turkish exports support falling domestic sales
Exports of passenger cars were down by 5% with 875,147 exported in 2018. However, truck exports almost doubled from 7,800 in 2017 to 14,478 last year, bringing overall exports of all vehicle types to 1.3m, a drop of 0.9% on ...Read More
Thai orchid exports to get boost
An increasing number of Thai orchids will soon be exported to mainland China after the Thai Orchid Exporter Association agreed to collaborate with an online auction platform, to promote exports of the flowers through e-commerce. At first the Thai Orchid ...Read More
Food exporters to recover in 2019
The Philippines agricultural food exports are expected to bounce back next year, returning to a value of about $5-billion. According to the Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization Inc., the value of agricultural exports will be about $5.5 billion in ...Read More
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 recovery in the value of wooden window imports in March, which reversed the ...Read More
Turkey hazelnut exports record
Turkey exported over 215,000 tons of hazelnuts in the first 8 months of the export season, making a $1.36 billion revenue, a national union of exporters of the nut said Wednesday. The export volume between September 2017 and April 2018 ...Read More
India rice export record
India's rice exports increased by approximately 22 percent in 2017 to a record 12.3 million tonnes as nearby Bangladesh increased imports, after flooding hit its crops, industry officials said. The boost in exports from the world's top exporter will probably ...Read More
Spain fears rise of Egyptian citrus exports
Egypt’s expandion of land devote3d to citrus is destabilising the European export market, and threatening Spain’s dominance as an exporter. Egyptian exports have risen by 66 per cent in the last five year. This is set to accelerate in the ...Read More
China wine imports up
From January to June this year, China imported 254 million litres of bottled wines, representing a 13.9% increase in volume and a 3.34% increase in value over the same period last year. France still ranks as the biggest wine exporter ...Read More
Exports boost for manufacturing in Ireland
There was a marked rise in new export business during March, according to the latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the sector. An economist with specialist bank Investec,said: "More than twice as many firms reported growth in new export orders ...Read More
EU farmers seek exports as quotas end
EU farmers are increasing production of sugar beet this year, when they will be freed at last to grow as much as they want and export it globally, after a decade of strict quotas and export limits. Several EU member ...Read More
Brazil forced to import Robusta coffee
Brazil's Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said on Monday that he has asked the country's Foreign Trade Chamber to authorize robusta coffee imports at near zero tariff, according to the ministry. If the board approves the request, it would be the ...Read More
Weak pound boosts exports
Rain Newton-Smith, the CBI chief economist, said: “UK manufacturers are firing on all cylinders right now, with domestic orders up and optimism rising at the fastest pace in two years. “The weaker pound is driving export optimism for the year ...Read More
EU to investigate rise in Russian, Brazilian steel imports
The European Commission will investigate whether Russia, Brazil and three other countries are flooding the bloc with cheap hot-rolled flat iron and alloy and non-alloy steel products. The investigation follows a complaint from European steel producers. As well as Russian ...Read More
Officials urged to resist Sweden’s plan to ban lobster imports
The lobster fishing and export industries in Maine, USA, are moving swiftly to pressure the European Union not to approve a proposal from Sweden to list the American lobster as an invasive species. This listing would effectively ban 28 EU ...Read More
Poor standards damage Bangladesh veg exports
Bangladesh's reputation as a vegetable exporter is suffering, due to a lack of health regulations affecting exports. The presence of pests and harmful organisms in vegetables, and local exporters' presentation of fake phyto-sanitary certificates are tainting the country's image as ...Read More
CBI recommends Exports Commission to boost UK exports
With CBI forecasts predicting that the UK will fall over £300 billion short of its 2020 exports target, action is needed to ‘move the dial’ on exports and - the North East can lead the way. In its new report ...Read More
WTO ends subsidies on agriculture exports
The World Trade Organization on Dec. 19 agreed to eliminate subsidies for farm exports, marking the "most significant outcome on agriculture" in the organization's 20-year history, according to WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo. "WTO members — especially developing countries — ...Read More
Norway’s Economy Boosted by Exports Amid Krone Weakness
Norway’s economy grew more than estimated in the third quarter as a weaker krone boosted exports. Seasonally adjusted gross domestic product, excluding oil, gas and shipping, grew 0.2 percent, after expanding a revised 0.3 percent in the second quarter, Statistics ...Read More
Irish beef exports to UK back 4% on September 2014
Exports of Irish beef to the UK are back 4% on the September 2014 at 16,000t, a drop which AHDB contributes entirely to lower imports of frozen boneless product. However, it states that overall export volumes moving from Ireland to ...Read More
Exports roadshow to hits Telford
A travelling export roadshow called into Telford ON Thursday 19th November, week as part of a major campaign to get 100,000 more businesses exporting by 2020. As part of the Government’s Exporting is GREAT campaign, the roadshow visited Telford’s Welcome ...Read More
Shipping subsidy to help exporters
A director of e-commerce Archway Cards, a Norwich-based exporter of cards and stationary, said governments could subsidise translation and shipping services to make it easier to do business – and could even offer up embassy and industry contacts to help ...Read More
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Facilities improving for live animal exports
Calgary airport has set up a live animal facility with 28 000 sq ft of warehouse and a 14 000 sq ft of loading area. The system has been designed to make handling of animal exports more humane and quicker. ...Read More
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Apparel exports from India expected to increase
India's cotton and apparel exports are expected to climb by around 10 percent this year as higher wages, political instability and concerns about workplace conditions in other markets lead international buyers toward Indian exporters, industry officials said. The rise in ...Read More
USA Onion exports suffer
The huge crop of onions in Europe has created a glut of product available for export. The continent's onion shippers have found markets for their products in the Caribbean and South America; this has squeezed out American onion exports there. ...Read More
Whisky exporters oppose Independence
Whisky exporters in Scotland have been vocally opposed to the independence movement. "Internationally, as an export oriented sector, we rely on effective support from government in our overseas markets, whether in influencing EU negotiations or pressing other governments to allow ...Read More
Manufacturers reluctant to export
Only one in three small manufacturing businesses is relying on exports for business growth, it is shown in survey results released last week. More than two thirds of the firms questioned by the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) feel they will ...Read More
Budget 2014: UK firms get tax relief and export boost
Help for firms to encourage investment and exports were among the measures for business announced by the chancellor. The government wants UK exports to reach £1 trillion by 2020, and for 100,000 more UK companies to be exporting by 2020. ...Read More
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