All International trade articles – Page 33
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NewsEU, Norway and UK set next year’s North Sea fishing quotas
The agreement covers cod, haddock, plaice, whiting, herring and saithe
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NewsTea brands and retailers called on to reveal suppliers
A new index aims ‘to hold tea companies accountable for plantation worker abuse’
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NewsSouth African sultana producers pitch rebranded range to UK market
The rebranded SA Sultana variety offered “excellent value for money”, according to Raisins South Africa
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NewsUS authorities lift ban on British lamb imports introduced in 1989
The move could boost the UK lamb sector by as much as £7m a year over the next five years, AHDB said
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NewsUK organics exporters to see reduced EU market access from next year
Defra has confirmed the EU has banned the re-exporting of organic re-labelled or re-packaged food and drink from the UK
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NewsFood trade attachés to be sent to ‘key markets’ including the US and India
The emissaries would help drive export growth and build “mutually supportive relationships with trading partners”, DIT said
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NewsWelsh government sets £8.5bn target for food and drink by 2025
It follows the early achievement of a previous £7.5bn target by 2020 in 2019
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News‘Grim combination’ of inflationary pressures to keep food prices high in 2022: Rabobank
The pandemic, La Niña, shipping and labour costs could feed continued inflation and even possible “social discontent”, Rabobank warned
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NewsWhat to do if Christmas lines come late? Just ask Oops
Surplus food seller expects influx of late Christmas stock
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NewsOrganic sector fears over EC proposal to revoke recognitions
Producers faced “a great deal of uncertainty as we head into 2022”
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NewsWaitrose to offer base pork price to hard-hit pig farmers
The retailer said a longer-term solution than promotions was needed to ensure the sector had a sustainable future
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NewsUK can be a big cheese in Asia, research suggests
Cheese imports have grown by 10% from 2015-19 in some of the world’s fastest-growing economies, Kite Consulting says
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NewsIrish beef exports to Britain slumped in first half of 2021
Irish government data showed volume sales fell 19% in H1, though they were now rebounding
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NewsBritish onion sector sold short by New Zealand trade deal, growers warn
The FTA will see an 8% tariff removed from onions imported from New Zealand
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NewsUK food giants commit to eliminating deforestation from soy supply chains by 2025
The group – which includes Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Nestlé – accounts for almost 60% of all soy purchases
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NewsFears of a flood of Australian food imports played down in AHDB report
The latest Horizon report by AHDB suggested the status quo would continue unless Australia’s trading relations with China worsened
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NewsShoppers face fewer Christmas geese this year as UK hatcheries close
Supplies have been impacted by an end to UK gosling production and the impact of bird flu on German suppliers
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NewsFrance threatens more border controls in post-Brexit fishing row
France has been infuriated in recent months after the UK rejected a number of fishing licences
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NewsPret a Manger to make debut in Canada with new A&W tie-up
If the pilot is a success, the Canadian burger chain will be granted the exclusive right to expand the Pret brand across the country
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Comment & OpinionWhy Morocco is setting its sights on the UK grocery market
The opening of a new shipping route and and renewed trade agreements have made it easier to do business, says El Mehdi El Alami, director of Promotion and Development of Morocco Foodex