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In the first quarter of 2010, China’s exports grew almost 29% year-on-year to $316.17 billion, while imports surged nearly 65% to $301.7 billion. During the first quarter of this year, China’s trade surplus was...

Telecommunications analysis company IDC forecasts Apple iPhones and Google Android-based phones will each account for 17% of total smartphone shipments into New Zealand by the end of the year, with Blackberry’s share seen sitting...

A dispute between China and the US, the EU and Japan over rare earth exports has simmered for some time, and the feud has escalated with the recent involvement of the World Trade Organisation...

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) are holding a seminar to raise awareness of trade opportunities in South East Asia. UK importers say have been...

According to UK’s Organic Trade Board (OTB) findings, 83% of Britons buy organic food, dispelling the common belief that organic food is confined to the minority. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates the New...

Hobda plans to lease the scooters instead of selling them and hopes to set a price that will cost less than a regular bike over three years, including gas prices — a range that...

Organisers said 70% of Expo pavilions and facilities participated in Tuesday’s trial opening. Security checks at the entrances had to be canceled to disperse the long lines of visitors, who might otherwise have had...

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines says passenger and cargo traffic volumes are close to returning to levels last achieved before the recession began to hit hard in mid-2008. Careful management of capacity has...

The indefinite suspensions of 15 international and 30 domestic routes bring Japan Airlines Corp’s total route cuts to 78, effectively slashing 40% of its international operation and 30% of domestic operation. The airline, known...

Korean food industry representatives will have an unprecedented opportunity to sample fresh, pure food and beverage items from New Zealand when they attend Seoul Food and Hotel 2010. A US federal proposal is being...