New Zealand brewers have been forced to cut products from their ranges due to a lack of American-grown hops, a key ingredient in the popular American pale ale style, according to the Sunday Star Times.
Amazon.com has taken the wraps off its long-awaited “Kindle Fire”, tacking on a mass market-friendly $US199 ($204) price tag that poses a serious threat to the dominance of Apple’s two-year-old iPad, according to a Reuters report carried in the Sydney Morning Herald.
China’s yacht market is small at present, but it will grow bigger in the coming years, according to a ChinaDaily report.
New Zealand apple growers have supported an innovative campaign to encourage UK consumers to increase sales of the product, according to FreshInfo.
As European and U.S. economies falter, China is making a trade push with the Arab world, according to Taiwan’s ChinaPost.
The New Zealand dollar, which hit a post-float high of US88.43c last month, could fall as low as US72c against the greenback over the next few weeks, according to the NZ Herald, quoting a currency expert.
Boeing Co’s newest, biggest plane has cast a shadow over ceremonies to mark the three-years-late first delivery of its smaller cousin, the composite-plastic 787 Dreamliner, according to a Bloomberg report carried by GulfNews.
Victoria will launch a trade mission to China next year involving more than 100 companies and organisations, according to NineNews Australia.
US’ second largest package shipping giant FedEx has reduced its full-year forecast despite its first quarter net profit from June to August increase 22% to USD$464 million drawn on revenues of $10.52 billion, according to the Shipping Gazette
Countries from India and Indonesia to Russia are tightening their grip on natural resources as they limit exports to build up domestic industry in a trend that will spawn many challenges to World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, according to China Daily.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has increased its global profit forecast for aviation for 2011 with much of the market share taken up by Asia-Pacific carriers while freight prospects appear uncertain this year and next, according to the Shipping Gazette.
The US has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation in Geneva over Chinese duties on US poultry that are up to 105.4% and have led to a dramatic fall in US poultry exports, according to the Shipping Gazette, citing a Bloomberg report.
New Zealand sheepmeat producers can expect to continue to enjoy high prices and favourable offshore market conditions in the year ahead, according to Voxy.co.nz.
Economists have revised their forecast for New Zealand’s export growth to reflect global economic uncertainty and expectations the NZ dollar will keep its strength, according to the NZ Institute of Economic Research (NZIER).
Europe needs to “get its act together” and deal with its worsening sovereign debt crisis, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Daily Maersk, Maersk Line’s new service on the Asia-North Europe trade lane, is expected to dramatically change the way shipping is done – it offers a daily cut-off at the same time every day, seven days a week, and always with the exact same transportation time, according to Transport Weekly.
A project aimed at revitalising Samoa’s banana trade has given its promoters early cheer when misiluki dried bananas found their way to the Pacific Island Forum Leaders dining table recently.
Dairyland Products has been given resource consent for its proposed milk drying plant following the Waikato Regional Council’s relatively speedy 15-day green light for the project south of the town, according to the Stuff.co.nz/Waikato Times.
New Zealand apple growers and exporters are fighting each other over the best way to send fruit to Australia, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp’s rural news network.
The report, cited Euromonitor International analyst Brian Morgan saying that Nestlé’s global value share within instant coffee was 51% in 2010. “Its dominance here is and will remain secure for some time to come,” he said.
New Zealand brewers have been forced to cut products from their ranges due to a lack of American-grown hops, a key ingredient in the popular American pale ale style, according to the Sunday Star Times.
Amazon.com has taken the wraps off its long-awaited “Kindle Fire”, tacking on a mass market-friendly $US199 ($204) price tag that poses a serious threat to the dominance of Apple’s two-year-old iPad, according to a Reuters report carried in the Sydney Morning Herald.
China’s yacht market is small at present, but it will grow bigger in the coming years, according to a ChinaDaily report.
New Zealand apple growers have supported an innovative campaign to encourage UK consumers to increase sales of the product, according to FreshInfo.
As European and U.S. economies falter, China is making a trade push with the Arab world, according to Taiwan’s ChinaPost.
The New Zealand dollar, which hit a post-float high of US88.43c last month, could fall as low as US72c against the greenback over the next few weeks, according to the NZ Herald, quoting a currency expert.
Boeing Co’s newest, biggest plane has cast a shadow over ceremonies to mark the three-years-late first delivery of its smaller cousin, the composite-plastic 787 Dreamliner, according to a Bloomberg report carried by GulfNews.
Victoria will launch a trade mission to China next year involving more than 100 companies and organisations, according to NineNews Australia.
US’ second largest package shipping giant FedEx has reduced its full-year forecast despite its first quarter net profit from June to August increase 22% to USD$464 million drawn on revenues of $10.52 billion, according to the Shipping Gazette
Countries from India and Indonesia to Russia are tightening their grip on natural resources as they limit exports to build up domestic industry in a trend that will spawn many challenges to World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, according to China Daily.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has increased its global profit forecast for aviation for 2011 with much of the market share taken up by Asia-Pacific carriers while freight prospects appear uncertain this year and next, according to the Shipping Gazette.
The US has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation in Geneva over Chinese duties on US poultry that are up to 105.4% and have led to a dramatic fall in US poultry exports, according to the Shipping Gazette, citing a Bloomberg report.
New Zealand sheepmeat producers can expect to continue to enjoy high prices and favourable offshore market conditions in the year ahead, according to Voxy.co.nz.
