Topic “In the News News” — Exporter Magazine

PepsiCo said the bottle is 100% recyclable and has a molecular structure identical to petroleum-based PET. In addition, the soft drinks maker claims the bottle is identical to PET drinks containers in terms of look, feel and product protection. Toyota closed 12 plants, a spokeswoman said. Its profit will be cut by ¥6 billion ($AUD73 million or NZD$99.6 million) for each day of lost operations. Nissan and Honda could each lose ¥2 billion a day after closing plants, Goldman Sachs estimates. Sony and Toshiba have also shut plants. Citing the state news agency WAM, the report said, the Gulf state has hooked up with the Union Cooperative Society supermarket chain to cut prices on two varieties of rice and Arabic bread. The reduction would run from April 1 to the end of the year. The price index, jointly published by the Ministry of Transport and the government of east China’s Zhejiang province, would mainly monitor the trading prices of second-hand ships, said Gong Yinjiao, president of major indexer – Zhejiang Shipping Exchange Market Co. Don Everitt, marketing manager for New Zealand King Salmon, told Radio New Zealand that the company was still taking orders from Japan, where it exports around 800 tonnes of salmon a year, but expected disruption. Domestic and long-haul fares will go up about 7% and tickets to Australia and the Pacific will cost about 8% more to “recover jet fuel cost”.The increase will see one-way “flexiplus” fares from Auckland to Christchurch go up from $256 to $274, and “works deluxe” fares from Auckland to Sydney from $380 to $410.