Middle East carriers recorded the strongest growth in international freight for October with an 18% increase in demand.
The Asian market is dominated by China who in five years time is predicted to account for over a quarter of all beer consumption worldwide.
Calling it a “voluntary guideline contract programme” for 2011-12, the TSA recommended rate increases of US$400 per (NZD$521) 40-foot container (FEU) for cargo moving to the U.S. West Coast and $600 per FEU for all other cargo.
PET is unlikely to replace glass as the material of choice for French wine producers but at Emballage in Paris this week plastic packaging firms said demand from the wine sector is increasing fast, according to FoodProductionDaily.com.
Shanghai Port handled about 24 million TEU from January to October, surpassing Singapore to be the largest port in the world for three consecutive months in a raw, according to the Shipping Gazette citing figures from the Statistical Bureau of Shanghai.
Sidel estimates consumption of PET in beer applications globally will increase by 11% annually to 2012, rising to 15% a year from 2012 to 2016.
Gulfood, said to be the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition, has fully sold out four months ahead of the show, organisers were quoted saying in TradeArabia.com.
Kathryn Jaggard, derivatives manager for NZX, said 55 contracts had been traded since the launch of the whole milk powder futures product. The number of trades was meeting expectations.
Quoting market experts at RTS resources, the report said the colours market is estimated to be worth USD $1.7 billion (NZD2.2 billion), with natural colours said to make up USD $0.65 billion.
The move follows a study that estimated up to 60,000 tonnes of bananas destroyed in Australia each year were suitable for processing but discarded for cosmetic reasons, according to a report from the Sydney Morning Herald carried on FreshPlaza.com.
The event will run until Wednesday at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec) under the patronage of Shaikh Sultan Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (Adta). It is co-hosted by Adta and the Environment Agency — Abu Dhabi.
John Hartnell, spokesperson of the Federated Farmers, wants MAF to implement improved test methods that guarantee the safety of disease-free pollen imports. Farmers also also demanding that appropriate screening for viruses or fungal spore be conducted for imports.
Masterton-based Henergy is expecting to sell 2000 dozen a week to the two new markets after the paperwork is signed between NZ Food Safety and Asian food authorities.
Consumers rate food contaminated with bacteria such as Listeria and salmonella as their fifth highest concern. The item was rated as ‘very worrying’ by less than a quarter of the 26,691 respondents that took part in the research carried out by Eurobarometer and published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Proleads Global, a UAE-based market research company has reported that nearly 1,300 projects valued at more than USD$418 billion (NZD$536 billion) are under construction in the UAE, with an additional 303 projects worth $143 billion in the design, planning or bidding stage.
Middle East carriers recorded the strongest growth in international freight for October with an 18% increase in demand.
Quoting market experts at RTS resources, the report said the colours market is estimated to be worth USD $1.7 billion (NZD2.2 billion), with natural colours said to make up USD $0.65 billion.
John Hartnell, spokesperson of the Federated Farmers, wants MAF to implement improved test methods that guarantee the safety of disease-free pollen imports. Farmers also also demanding that appropriate screening for viruses or fungal spore be conducted for imports.
