New Zealand and the Republic of Korea have entered into a free trade agreement, which will provide the former's wine producers tariff-free access into South Korean wine industry. The agreement is expected to boost New Zealand's export ...
The average time taken for Australian businesses to pay their invoices has fallen to the lowest level since the third quarter of 2007, in further signs that operating conditions have strengthened this year and the business sector’s ...
Tags: Payment Times, Pre-GFC Levels
The free trade agreement (FTA) to be signed by Australia and China is expected to provide the former's dairy farmers tariff-free access to the latter's infant formula market over the next four years. Australian Government sources were ...
Tags: dairy farmers tariff-free, infant formula market, Agriculture
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Australian exporters are set to benefit from an historic trade agreement signed between Australia and its largest trading partner, China. This deal, which took nine years of negotiation, represents a victory ...
Tags: PTA, Australian exporters, agriculture
Australian establishment Ettason has recalled Whole Perfect Vegetarian soy chicken products as they contain egg that is not mentioned on the label. The products associated with the recall include 600g Whole Perfect Vegetarian Chicken ...
Tags: Vegetarian Chicken Cubes, Vegetarian Chicken Nugget, Agriculture
Ikea, the multinational group of companies that designs and markets furniture and home accessories, might foray into fashion in future, according to a prediction made by the Swedish author and creative business thinker Stefan Engeseth. As ...
The Government of Australia will reduce tariff on import of textiles from Pakistan beginning 2015, Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Peter Heyward has said. Speaking at the fourth annual dinner of the Pakistan Australia Business ...
Tags: import of textiles, bilateral trade, Textile
China and Australia have signed a free trade agreement which intends to scrap tariffs on products such as dairy, beef, seafood, wine, fruit and vegetables. With this deal, the Australian farmers will get a tariff-free access to the ...
Tags: free trade agreement, Australia, China
China has eased the ban on New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra’s whey powder and dairy base powder imports which are used as ingredients in infant formula production. Fonterra will now be able to sell the ingredients to infant ...
Tags: infant milk, Agriculture
New Zealand dairy co-operative Westland Milk Products will build a new $40m ultra-high-temperature (UHT) treated long life milk plant at Rolleston manufacturing center. The proposed investment is said to be the company's first venture ...
Tags: Milk Products, milk dryer, Agriculture
China has lifted the import ban on New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra’s whey powder and dairy base powder, which are used as ingredients in the manufacture of infant formula. The ban was imposed in August last year on the two ...
Tags: Infant Formula, Milk Powder
New research has highlighted a growing gap between consumers’ expectations and retailers’ capabilities when it comes to delivering great shopping, resulting in consumers preferring to shop with retailers that are ...
Three buyout groups - BC Partners, Onex and Partners Group - will bid for Switzerland-based carton manufacturer SIG Combibloc which is owned by New Zealand’s Reynolds. SIG was acquired by New Zealand-based businessman Graeme Hart ...
Double and triple bagging bulk meat containers results in high levels of packaging waste. CHEP Pallecon Solutions’ new liner ensures food safety with a single bag. The bags are produced with multiple, ultra-thin layers within a ...
Tags: bulk meat, ultra-thin layers, Packaging
This year’s gradually improving business outlook looks set to continue into 2015, with the latest survey of Australian firms revealing that an increasing number expect to lift their sales and profits, sell their goods and services at ...