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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

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

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

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

Tea imports to Pakistan

Tea imports into Pakistan saw an increase of 5.14% during the first half of the current fiscal year compared with the corresponding period of last year. ...
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Posted on January 27, 2022

Japan’s exports, imports rise

Exports and imports for Japan rose to record levels in December, due to higher energy prices and rising demand for automobiles. Exports from Japan in th...
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Posted on January 22, 2022

Imports increase to Colombia

Last year imports into Colombia totaled 6,545 million US dollars in November. Thisannual growth of 56.3%, is one of the highest rates in recent years. A...
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Posted on January 17, 2022

Covid restrictions affect Chinese imports

Fruit imports to China from South-East Asia suppliers like Vietnam and Thailand have been disrupted by Covid-19 restrictions in South China. The measure...
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Posted on January 8, 2022

China Food Import Safety

New rules will govern food imports to China as demand from China's growing middle-class increases. Some exporters in Thailand have asked for more time but ...
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Posted on January 7, 2022

Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail Freight

Pakistan, Iran and Turkey intend to increase regional commerce and commercial relationships through the over-4,000-mile train route The Freight rail ser...
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Posted on January 2, 2022

Potato freight on 747s

A freight forwarding company in the USA is swinging into action by using three Boeing 747s to export potatoes into Japan because of a critical shortage of ...
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Posted on January 1, 2022

Falling EU imports to UK

Food and drink imports have been badly affected since 2019, with sales from the EU down nearly 11% in the nine months to September compared with pre-Covid ...
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Posted on December 30, 2021

Container shortage eases in India

A slower rate of Chinese exports and increasing Indian imports have eased the shortage of containers for freight in India. Waiting time for containers has...
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Posted on December 20, 2021

Romania Limits Waste Imports

Romania has reduced the number of border crossing points permitting recyclable waste imports to 15. the country to 15. The government wishes to combat the ...
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Posted on December 18, 2021

African Swine Fever: Stop EU pork imports says NFU Scotland | South West Farmer

African Swine Fever (ASF) is spreading in Europe. Farmers in the UK have asked the Government to prevent the import of pork from the affected countries. ...
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Posted on December 17, 2021

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 ...
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Posted on December 15, 2021

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. ...
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Posted on December 14, 2021

China imports chocolate from Russia

China and countries of the Eurasian Customs Union trade bloc — consistsing of Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan — were the largest importers ...
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Posted on December 10, 2021

EU scrap exports to China halted

Scrap metal exports have been halted from EUn countries to China. China and the EU cannot agree on what constitutes 'waste' and 'recyclable raw materials'....
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Posted on December 5, 2021

Border city in China halts rail imports

Suifenhe in China, which lies on the border with Russia, suspended imports of some commodities by rail from to prevent potential transmission of Covid 19 t...
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Posted on November 30, 2021

EU mango exports from Kenya to resume

Kenya’s mango farmers are once again able to export to the lucrative European Union market after successful negotiations between Nairobi and Brussels las...
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Posted on November 29, 2021

Meat substitute Hit by Russian import sanctions

A US produced meat substitute is a victim of Russia’s counter-sanctions on Western food imports. Imports of the plant-based meat alternatives have bee...
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Posted on November 26, 2021

Australia obtains 90 per cent of solar panel imports from China

Australia's Energy Minister has been criticised over Australia’s over-reliance on China for solar panels. Over 90 per cent of Australia’s imported s...
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Posted on November 25, 2021

Elves imports to UK

Tens of thousands of toy elves imports will be arriving in the UK over the next fifteen days. Imports will arrive later than usual, due to delays to sea fr...
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Posted on November 23, 2021

Cheap imports imperil Jordan’s shoemakers

Handmade leather shoemakers were very busy in the late nineties, however imports have increased endangering the trade. Before Covid-19, Jordan imported ...
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Posted on November 22, 2021

Canada halts glove imports from Malaysia

Canada has paused imports from a glovemaker in Malaysia as it awaits the results of an audit; a few weeks ago the United States barred imports from the fir...
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Posted on November 18, 2021

Canada beef Exports up, imports down

Beef exports from Canada in September were up 22 per cent, so for the year-to-date that is 25 per cent. The value of Canadian beef exports in 2021 is ex...
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Posted on November 4, 2021

Fruit and vegetables imports to Holland

Imports of fresh fruit and vegetables to Holland continued to grow in the first half of this year. In the first six months of 2021, import values exceeded ...
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Posted on November 3, 2021

Russia may allow some duty-free imports

Ministries in Russia are discussing the possibility of introducing duty-free imports of pork and beef. Frozen beef imports may be free of duty; the ma...
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Posted on October 29, 2021

Japan export increases slow

There was a slowdown in the rise of Japan's overall goods exports in September. The total exports in September saw a 13.0 percent increase from the previou...
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Posted on October 26, 2021

Chongqing, China – growth in car imports

Chongqing in South West China imported 5,161 whole vehicles worth about 442 million U.S. dollars from January to September this year. Chongqing has rece...
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Posted on October 25, 2021

Iran soon to stop Covid vaccine imports

The head of Iran’s Food and Drug Organization has said that, in less than two weeks, Iran will no longer need Covid vaccine imports because domestic phar...
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Posted on October 18, 2021

Afghan imports from Pakistan squeezed

Food prices are increasing violently in Afghanistan as imports from Pakistan decline steeply due to a U.S. dollar shortage which prevents importers making ...
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Posted on October 12, 2021

China turns to Australia for certain products

China has imported US$30 million worth of copper concentrate from Australia. They have also increased imports of cotton from the country in spite of intern...
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Posted on October 8, 2021

Italy’s imports increase in August

Italy's imports from outside the European Union continue are growing as the country's economy emerges from the Covid-19 crisis. The same applies to its ex...
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Posted on October 4, 2021

LA Ports Blocked With Cargo Imports

Last week some 60 container cargo ships were standing idle at the entrance of the Los Angelese port complex last week. Congestion in the San Pedro Bay is e...
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Posted on September 26, 2021

China’s clean marine fuel exports dip, teapot demand bolsters imports | Reuters

Exports from China of clean marine bunker, or very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), fell by 2% in August from a year-ago period, customs data showed. Augus...
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Posted on September 24, 2021

Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Tea exports up 15-pct in July 2021, Iraq top buyer | EconomyNext

Exports of Ceylon Tea from Sri Lanka grew 15.7 percent in August 2021 from 25.48 million kilograms in 2020, when exports were hit by Covid-19 restrictions....
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Posted on September 23, 2021

August soybean imports to China from Brazil rise 10.9%

August soybean imports from Brazil into China rose 10.9% from the same month last year, according to customs data, while imports from the United States fel...
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Posted on September 22, 2021

Delays of mango exports to Pakistan

Exports of mangoes from Kenya to Pakistan have been delayed because Kenya is being slow to approve a memorandum of understanding (MoU) already agreed upon ...
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Posted on September 8, 2021

Wine imports to S Korea increase

South Korea's wine imports reached a high in 2020 as more people enjoyed drinking at home due to the Covid 19 pandemic. S Korea's imports were valued at U...
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Posted on September 2, 2021

China import restrictions on Australian goods

China informally banned a series of goods from Australia last year such as coal, log timber and wine, opening the import market to the U.S. Political a...
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Posted on September 1, 2021

Wine and nut exporters suffer retaliatory tariffs

Import Tariffs in China are still affecting key California agricultural exports. A U.S.-China trade dispute beginning in 2018 means that Chinese retalia...
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Posted on August 22, 2021

Record cotton consumption in Vietnam

It is expected that growth in Vietnam’s cotton yarn and product export is will drive 2020/21 cotton consumption to a record 7.3 million bales, 700,000 hi...
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Posted on August 21, 2021

increase in Vietnam’s tea exports to Australia

Vietnam shipped six tonnes of tea worth 74,000 USD to Australia in the first half of 2021. This was a 62.1 percent increase in volume and 85 percent in val...
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Posted on August 16, 2021

Pork exports from Denmark to China continue to rise

Pork is an enormously important export product for Denmark. By the end of May, the country had exported a total of 866,234 tonnes of pork, an increase of 7...
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Posted on August 12, 2021

Lebanon crisis hits food imports

Lebanon used to import most of its food, until the economy stalled in 2019 due to political instability and inflation. The situation has prompted Lebanese ...
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Posted on August 9, 2021
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