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Blo-Karts, Cozy-Wool and other products for Spain
Sunday, 19 September 2010
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Shanghai retail opportunity for New Zealand products.
Sunday, 19 September 2010
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Shipping lines' freight rate growth to slow down in 2011
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Shipping lines are expected to incur slower freight rate growth next year compared to this year, according to TransportWeekly.com. Container traffic would grow 12% in 2010 but only 6% in 2011.
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In the News
Swedes turn to organic, additive-free and high fat products
Thursday, 16 September 2010
More and more Swedish consumers are switching from low-fat to high-fat products in order to lose weight, picking up on a trend that was noticeable several years ago, but that has since accelerated.
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In the News
Clean labels attract German, French buyers
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Consumers in Germany and France are more likely to respond to positive clean label terminology on food products than ‘free-from’ claims that are popular in the UK, according to FoodNavigator.com.
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In the News
Probiotics to be a US$28 bln market - GIA
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Global Industry Analyst (GIA) estimates that the global probiotics market will be worth USD$28.8 billion (NZD$39.34 billion) by 2015, even though the market is still considered to be in infancy, according to NutraIngredients.com.
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In the News
Fonterra expands UHT milk facility in Auckland
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Fonterra has completed an NZ$8 million investment in its UHT milk processing facilities in Auckland in a bid to meet growing demand in Asia and the Pacific, according to DairyReporter.com.
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Fisher & Paykel develops breakthrough fridge technology
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Iconic Kiwi whiteware manufacturer Fisher & Paykel Appliances has made an internationally significant breakthrough in fridge technology which could cut refrigerator power use by a third.
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US companies complete gene mapping of 2 cocoa trees
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
The report said researchers from food-maker Mars, technology giant IBM, several universities and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have almost completely sequenced the genome of the Forastero cacao tree, which accounts for 80-90% of the world's cocoa production.
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Featured, In the News
Daimler, Renault, Nissan team up for electric car market share
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Carmakers Daimler, Renault and Nissan are redoubling their electric cars effort in the race for market share in a world of tighter emission rules, according to GulfNews.
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Malaysia invests in seaweed mining
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
The Malaysian Fisheries Department is backing local universities to mine the nutritive and other potential of local seaweeds to the tune of 8.1 million ringgit (NZD$3.56 million), according to Nutraingredients.com.
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Bank of Japan buys US dlr to stop yen rise
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda confirmed that Japan has intervened in the currency market for the first time since March 2004 to stem the yen's rise, which has spiked to a 15-year highs against the US dollar and severely battered Japan's export-led recovery, according to Xinhua news.
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NZ Exporter Profiles
A wind blown kart for the family or adrenaline junkie
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
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Emirate folks willing to pay for imported fruits
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
At Oishii Nippon, a fruit shop that recently opened its doors in Dubai, prices tend to carry a decidedly premium tag, with a piece of melon from Japan costing nearly as much as 40 kilograms of red apples from Chile, according to GulfNews.com.
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China's half-yr e-commerce sale doubles
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Retail sales at e-shops more than tripled between 2007 and 2009, much faster than the averaged annualised 18% growth of retail sales in general during the same period.
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