Topic “In the News News” — Exporter Magazine

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that global air cargo traffic rose by 14.8% in September, down from 19% growth the previous month, translating into a month-to-month decline of 2.1% when adjusted for seasonal factors, according to the Shipping Gazette. The leading traders of physical raw sugar claim that the commodity is likely to surge to a 30-year high in the coming months, with all eyes on the pending Indian sugar crop output which is hoped will ease supply pressures, according to FoodNavigator.com. Food and beverage companies are increasingly ditching bisphenol A (BPA) from food can linings in response to growing consumer concern over the chemical, according to FoodProductionDaily.com, citing a study on safer packaging. Representatives of the UK dairy industry have called on politicians to take tougher legislative action to stamp out misleading origin labelling, according to FoodProduction Daily.com. Deliveries of new containerships have hit 1.29 million TEU this year and will rise to 1.42 million TEU by January despite slackening demand on major trade lanes, according to the Shipping Gazette, citing the Paris-based consultancy Alphaliner. A German company has patented its process for ‘nocturnal milk’ which it claims contains 100 times more melatonin, a hormone that helps to regulate sleep, than normal milk, according to Dairyreporter.com. UK consumers have lost their taste for beer in the third quarter as supermarket sales slump more than 10%, according to BeverageDaily.com. Milk production in New Zealand will rebound by 10% next year to a record high, feeding a recovery in exports – assuming the world’s top exporter gets a break from the poor weather which has for two years sent output lower, according to AgriMoney.com.