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Topic “Ron Kirk” — Exporter Magazine

Under pressure from Congress to do more to confront China on economic issues, the Obama administration has notified the World Trade Organisation of nearly 200 Chinese subsidy programs, saying many of them may violate...

Topic “Global Industry Analyst” — Exporter Magazine

Global Industry Analyst (GIA) estimates that the global probiotics market will be worth USD$28.8 billion (NZD$39.34 billion) by 2015, even though the market is still considered to be in infancy, according to NutraIngredients.com.

Topic “milk ingredients” — Exporter Magazine

The move to the new location is part of Fonterra’s strategic decision to focus on building its value-added and specialty ingredients portfolio in Europe.Previously the European arm of the New Zealand dairy had focused...

Topic “Mars” — Exporter Magazine

Confectionery giant Mars predicts a major cocoa shortage by 2020 and reveals harmonization of global cocoa certification programmes to ensure meaningful income hikes for farmers is one of its sustainable cocoa project goals, according...

Topic “gene mapping” — Exporter Magazine

The report said researchers from food-maker Mars, technology giant IBM, several universities and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have almost completely sequenced the genome of the Forastero cacao tree, which accounts for 80-90%...

Topic “US CPI” — Exporter Magazine

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said it expects the Consumer Price Index to rise by 2 to 3% in 2011, ending a period of near-stagnant food price inflation over the past two...

Topic “food price” — Exporter Magazine

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said it expects the Consumer Price Index to rise by 2 to 3% in 2011, ending a period of near-stagnant food price inflation over the past two...