China maintains a rapid and healthy economic growth, as its 2010 gross domestic product grew 10.3% over a year ago, putting China’s economy over Japan’s, according to People’s Daily.
Tru-Test Group, New Zealand’s world leading manufacturer of electric fencing systems, milk metering and animal weighing systems is investing heavily in Brazil in the next step on its international growth path.
It is only a matter of time before China moves to reduce import duty on luxury goods, according to ChinaDaily, quoting Yao Jian, a Ministry of Commerce spokesman.
Google is taking on Facebook with the unveiling of its latest attempt to build a social network modelled directly on its fast-growing rival, according to the Financial Times.
Maersk, the world's largest container shipping line, has told shippers they now face extra charges for cargo that does not show up, but at the same time, the company also said it will also compensate shippers for cargo that is not loaded, according to the Shipping Gazette.
A new Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) survey has shown no human health implications from antimicrobial resistance in New Zealand food-producing animals and fresh produce, according to Foodworks.co.nz.
An innovative blender using bouncing ball technique, a portable dishwasher and a heat grenade are among the Kiwi inventions that will compete in a global Electrolux Design Lab competition.
PET bottles continue to gain a bigger and bigger share of the global beverage packaging market, helped by the popularity of juices and RTD tea, according FoodProductionDaily, citing an Euromonitor report.
Confectionery giant Mars predicts a major cocoa shortage by 2020 and reveals harmonization of global cocoa certification programmes to ensure meaningful income hikes for farmers is one of its sustainable cocoa project goals, according to ConfectioneryNews.com.
BNZ is joining forces with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) to provide up to $1.5 million to support the expansion of New Zealand businesses, helping to drive growth and improve performance.
New Zealand's booming dairy export trade with China has been hit with trade sanctions at least seven times since the free trade agreement between the countries began in 2008, according to Radio NZ.
Sales of soft drinks in Taiwan could fall 20% in 2011 after high numbers of products became contaminated with the plastics additive DEHP, according to BeverageDaily.com.
Two years after the Hell Pizza co-founder bought the company back from Tasman Foods, the local Burger King franchise owner, the company is once again profitable, growing internationally and on the cusp of restoring local outlet numbers to pre-sale levels, according to the Sunday Star Times.
With his hair care products featured on Hollywood film and TV sets, stocked in over 100 stores around NZ and championed by World’s Denise L’Estrange-Corbet, prominent Kiwi trichologist Nigel Russell has just launched his range of products called Holistic Hair.
The birthplace of functional foods, Japan, continues to be the world’s most robust with 38.4% of a global functional food market of $24.22 billion (€16.75 billion), according Nutraingredients.com.
