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
Australia and India will work more closely in developing skills in the transport and logistics sector under a new industry partnership to be signed later this month. Australia’s Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council ...
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
Hong Kong-based investment management and holding company First Pacific and Wilmar International expect to complete the acquisition of Australian firm Goodman Fielder by 2015. Goodman Fielder owns brands as Medow Lea, Praise, White Wings, ...
Tags: Goodman Fielder, First Pacific, 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
China and Australia signed a declaration of intent on practically concluding bilateral negotiations on a free trade agreement on Monday. According to the results of the nine-year-long talks, Australia will eventually reduce tariffs to ...
Tags: FTA, horticultural products, seafood
Australian mining heiress Gina Rinehart has announced plans to invest $500m in an infant milk powder joint venture Hope Dairies for export to China. The move comes in advance of an expected announcement of a free-trade agreement ...
Tags: Australian, infant milk, Queensland
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
Although US cotton exports started slowly compared to recent years, they are on track to reach the forecast of 10 million bales for 2014/15 cotton season, the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture ...
Australia-based beverage company Casella Family Brands will acquire Peter Lehmann Wines from the Hess Group for $49.5m. The Yellow Tail wine producer has offered $1.31 per share for Peter Lehmann's winery and brand. Upon completion ...
Australian mining heiress Gina Rinehart is planning to invest $500m in a new infant milk powder venture Hope Dairies. According to media reports, Rinehart is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with Queensland Government and ...
File image courtesy of Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. Hunt & Hunt lawyers, together with the Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA), has made a joint submission to Customs regarding its proposed changes to the criteria for ...
Global warehouse automation company Knapp AG, headquartered in Austria, is planning for the opening of its newest production site in Shanghai. In the future, supply to the Asian and Australian markets will be handled through this location. ...