International Trade

Compliance with Australia’s Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System remains a sticking point

Live exports from Australia to Vietnam skyrocket, but supply chain doubts remain

By Lee Adendorff, in Lismore, Australia; and Jens Kastner

A boom in Australian live cattle exports to Vietnam looks set to continue this year, thanks to favourable currency conditions, the depletion of the Vietnamese herd by exports to neighbouring China, and increasing demand for fresh quality beef from Vietnamese...

Filipino food safety Act given more teeth and oversight

Philippines

Filipino food safety Act given more teeth and oversight

By RJ Whitehead

Ministers in the Philippines have signed off the regulatory side of their country’s Food Safety Act 2013, bringing new levels of oversight to the industry and placing greater responsibility onto companies to ensure greater traceability.

The halal food market accounts for a fifth of the world's food trade

Halal economy focus at largest ever Gulfood

By Eliot Beer

The global Halal food trade is top of the agenda at Gulfood this week, as the show sees its 20th and biggest edition to date, with 4,800 exhibitors and 80,000 visitors expected.

Exporters are required to account for how their animals are treated from arrival to slaughter

Australian cattle association welcomes welfare progress

By Georgi Gyton

The Cattle Council of Australia (CCA) has welcomed the positive improvement in animal welfare as recorded in the latest government report into the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS).

Perhaps the biggest winner of the new open regime is the south-westerly city of Chongqing

China opens more cities to international business

By Mark Godfrey

China has been delivering on promises to open more cities to international trade, allowing meat importers to cut freight costs and get meat to hugely populous central regions of the country.

Korea is New Zealand's fourth largest export market for beef in terms of volumes. Picture credit: Beef + Lamb New Zealand

New Zealand welcomes Korean FTA

By Georgi Gyton

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has said that the recently concluded free trade agreement with South Korea should provide a major boost to its red meat exports to the country.

Australian red meat exports to the Middle East rose 21% last year

Australian farmers want GCC free trade deals

By Eliot Beer

Australian farmers are calling for new trade agreements with the Middle East as agricultural imports leap, with mutton up 168% year-on-year in September and lamb up 32%.

Australia’s food and grocery industry reports year of ups and downs

Australia

Australia’s food and grocery industry reports year of ups and downs

By RJ Whitehead

Australia’s food and beverage, grocery manufacturing and fresh produce industry had a total turnover of A$114bn (US$99.4bn) in the 2012-13 financial year, the Australian Food and Grocery Council revealed in its latest annual state of the industry report.

Malaysia forms halal fund to boost its export dominance

Malaysia

Malaysia forms halal fund to boost its export dominance

By Rei Rengsen Siew Lin

Malaysia aims to keep on top of the organised halal industry by injecting US$88m into a business development fund that it hopes will push more domestic businesses into the international market. 

FTAs crucial to Australia’s agribusiness future

Australia

FTAs crucial to Australia’s agribusiness future

By Andrew Schreiber

Australia must give priority to inking more Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) if it has to secure its agribusiness future, according to a new report by global agribusiness specialist Rabobank.

WTO approval means Philippines can maintain high rice import duties

Southeast Asia

WTO approval means Philippines can maintain high rice import duties

By RJ Whitehead

The Philippines’ special treatment in rice, which allows the country to keep high duties on rice imports, is expected to continue after the World Trade Organisation’s Goods Council approved the country’s waiver request for its extension. 

Chinese UK cheese export ban will be 'lifted soon': Defra

Chinese UK cheese export ban will be 'lifted soon': Defra

By Mark ASTLEY

Two weeks into a Chinese suspension of British cheese exports, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has little to say on the issue but believes the ban will be "lifted soon."

China and UAE boost food trade ties

China and UAE boost food trade ties

By Eliot Beer

China and the UAE pushed for an increase in bilateral food and agriculture trade between the two countries during a visit to Abu Dhabi by a high-level Chinese trade delegation last week.

China is a fast growing market for NZ beef and lamb

Focus on New Zealand - China syndrome

By Chloe Ryan

It is true for nearly every internationally traded commodity, and it is true for New Zealand’s meat. China wants it.. and its appetite is growing fast.

China driving global beef growth

China driving global beef growth

By RJ Whitehead

Market fundamentals remain very positive for the global beef industry, with the Chinese market leading worldwide demand.

US claims India has put up walls in food trade

US claims India has put up walls in food trade

By Ankush Chibber

A new report from the Office of the United States Trade Representative has claimed that India’s policies in the food sector are posing significant barriers to trade between the two countries. 

Kiwi food industry takes tariff stand in TPP

Kiwi food industry takes tariff stand in TPP

By Ankush Chibber

New Zealand’s food and beverage industry has come out strongly against the possibility of a trans-continental trade agreement that does not fully abolish tariffs in the farm and food sector.

India's buffalo traders expand

India’s buffalo traders expand China market via Vietnam

By By Raghavendra Verma, in New Delhi

Indian buffalo meat exports to Vietnam have doubled in volume and tripled in value within a year as Chinese traders use the south-east Asian country for channelling their meat trade to bypass an official ban on direct imports, globalmeatnews.com has been...

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