China's e-commerce continues its rapid expansion with online sales turnover in 2011 rising by an annual 66 per cent to surpassed 780 billion yuan (USD$124 billion), according to Xinhua News.
Australian supermarket giant Woolworths says it's gaining market share on this side of the Tasman, with New Zealand shoppers pumping close to $3 billion through the tills at its Countdown stores during the six months to January this year, the NZ Herald reported.
Perth-based cattle exporter International Livestock Exports has suspended shipments to an Indonesian abattoir after disturbing footage emerged this week of slaughter practices there, triggering an investigation by Australian authorities that could cost the company its export licence, according to...
Bioactive dairy lipids and proprietary probiotic strains have shown new benefits for gut health, allergy reduction and immune enhancement according to Foodworks.co.nz citing a research by Fonterra.
Billions of litres of extra milk are expected to hit the global market once restrictions on European production are fully lifted, according to an NZ Herald report citing Rabobank.
China, the biggest supplier of rare earths, may almost double exports this year and meet quotas set by the government as lower prices stimulate demand, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Western Union Business Solutions, a business unit of the Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a leader in global payment services, has found that by settling transactions with Chinese exporters in U.S. dollars (USD) instead of Chinese yuan (CNY) American businesses paid approximately USD$2.4 billion in...
Prim'land, the leading French producer of kiwis, estimates that their production orchards will grow by more than a fifth within the next four years, underpinned by strong export sales, according to a report by FreshPlaza.com.
The US Grain Council expects sophisticated food demands of newly affluent consumers in China and other developing nations to cause major changes in US farming and food production.
Ford Motor is on track to double the number of dealerships in China by 2015, its country chief said yesterday, according to a report in Gulf News.com. The company recently launched its half-a-billion-dollar plant in a race to narrow the gap with foreign rivals in the world's largest auto market.
Beef and sheepmeat producers are poised to star in a new social media campaign that Meat and Livestock Australia will launch next month, according to Queensland Country Life.
Mediterranean Shipping announced it will increase all freight rates on its eastbound service from Asia to the U.S. and Canada on March 15, according to the Journal of Commerce.
