News — Exporter Magazine

by admin · January 23, 2016

A recent survey of exporters has shown the time is right to enhance current free trade agreements with China and ASEAN partner countries.
The latest ExportNZ survey shows exporters are feeling confident, expecting increasing profitability and rising orders, but nearly half the respondents face tariff and non-tariff trade barriers.
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) has recently made several new appointments, locally and internationally.
New Zealand wines have notched up a record number of top awards at the prestigious UK-based International Wine and Spirit Competition.
Renaissance Brewing celebrated its 10th birthday last week with continuing growth in its export markets.
Timing technology company Tekron International expects a significant boost in revenues following the admission of New Zealand into the WTO Government Procurement Agreement.
Four innovative Auckland food and beverage businesses are set to take a big step in their exporting plans next week (September 20-23) when they take part in Australia’s leading food and beverage trade show.
New Zealand’s refreshed priorities for international trade have been welcomed by ExportNZ.
Fonterra has officially opened its new blending and packing plant in Indonesia – its first manufacturing facility in the country.
Work is progressing well on the construction of Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd’s brand new facility on the Chatham Islands.
A New Zealand company’s cervical cancer screening technology has been met with enthusiasm by the largest association of Chinese gynecologists.
Ten of New Zealand’s leading design practitioners have joined New Zealand Trade and Enterprise’s Better by Design programme as Design Coaches.
Ports of Auckland is opening an intermodal freight hub in Mount Maunganui to provide choice to Bay of Plenty exporters and improved access to overseas markets.
Manuka Health is launching MGO™ 400+ Manuka Honey with CycloPower™ into Asia, a supplement that makes taking manuka honey faster and easier.
The new high-efficiency milk powder plant at Fonterra’s Pahiatua site has kicked into gear, processing its first milk from the Co-op’s lower North Island farmers.
The US has overtaken Australia to become New Zealand wine’s largest export market by value according to the 2015 Annual Report of New Zealand Winegrowers.
Hongyan Zhu’s export business and investment in a run-down Palmerston North service station saw her win the Business/Investor category at the recent NZAMI Awards.
The first of a large consignment of New Zealand-made pies from gourmet pie brand I Love Pies has sailed across to Australia in a 40 foot long container.
One hundred million Chinese are about to learn a whole lot more about New Zealand’s own Pacific Aerospace and its flagship aircraft, the P-750 XSTOL.
Something big is brewing in our craft beer industry with over a third of our 100-plus brewers gearing up for expansion into offshore markets, research from ANZ reveals.