Topic “In the News News” — Exporter Magazine

A web-based tool has just been launched to help exporters better manage Certificates of Origin documentation. The system not only allows exporters to manage their own certificates, but has added functionality to enable agents, such as freight forwarders and customs brokers, to provide an improved level of service by managing certificates on their client’s behalf. The New Zealand government’s Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST) is investing $961,000 in funds to help PEC Fuel Pumps Ltd (PEC) develp its vapour management system — a technology that helps prevent the escape of hydrocarbon-based greenhouse gases at petrol stations. Airlines’ load factors are still at record or near-record highs due to slower rise in capacity while air freight demand rose 26% during the first quarter, according a report by the Shipping Gazette. Google has pulled back another curtain and revealed the size of its lucrative internet ad network in the US. It spans more than 1.5 million advertisers and websites, according to the NZ Herald, citing an Associateed Press (AP). Despite the financial crisis in 2009, the Chinese appetite for luxury goods remains high. While luxury goods sales in Europe, Japan and the United States declined, sales in China rose more than 30%. Google is introducing a software that puts web content on television to persuade more consumers to use the internet in their living rooms and view advertisements that generate revenue, according to GulfNews.com.

The new tool, Google TV, will work with Intel chips in products by Sony and Logitech International.