Exporter Magazine New Zealand

China’s economy expanded by 9.2 percent in 2011 from a year earlier and 8.9 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter, according to ChinaDaily.com. Forecasts are for a GDP growth around 8.5 per cent in...

Germany’s biggest, and the world’s fourth largest container carrier Hapag-Lloyd, has announced it will impose a general rate increase (GRI) of USD$750 per TEU on its Far East westbound services starting from March 1,...

The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that Australia’s 89-year ban on imports of New Zealand apples is illegal, and ordered Canberra to comply with international commerce law. The PLAnet Cup, launched by Melissa Floreani,...

Changes to the Rules of Origin under the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER), will reduce costs for exporters, according to ab an online report cby Fibre2Fashion, citing Customs Minister Maurice...

The New Zealand dollar rose to its highest level against the greenback since it floated in March 1985 on improving risk sentiment and talk of Asian funds’ interest in assets such as government bonds,...

A UK consumer study has uncovered serious misunderstandings about what ‘organic’ food is, with one in four people admitting confusion and one in five believing organic food is lower in fat, according to FoodNavigator.com....

Energy drinks are outselling all other convenience beverage formats in Australia and growing at 19.9% according to Nutraingredients.com. Around US$30 billion (NZ$41.2 billion) worth of investment is needed to “revolutionise” India’s food processing sector....

Retailers and distributors in Europe and the US are outbidding each other to secure scarce cargo space on ships, The Australian reported. A start-up Auckland firm is applying nanotechnology to a fisheries by-product to...

A global lamb shortage equivalent to three-quarters of New Zealand’s production is looming, but the continued erosion of NZ sheep flock means the country is not in a position to satisfy that demand, according...

The average Asia-Europe all-in freight declined 10% in April, according to Container Trades Statistics (CTS), which also revealed that rates on routes to the western Mediterranean, North Africa fell 7.4% and 9% on eastern...