Export Grain Innovation Centre and GrainGrowers have both welcomed the establishment of Katalis, a new grain industry hub set up between Australia and Indonesia as part of the free trade agreement between the two nation.
Singapore and India have managed to forge even closer ties through continued mutual support despite the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore's President Halimah Yacob said on Sunday as she congratulated the people of India on the country's 75th Independence Day.
Billet suppliers are lowering export offers to Southeast Asia while the region continues to grapple with strict curbs imposed to rein in rising Covid-19 cases. Importers are not in a hurry to book and generally not prepared to accept offer prices, Kallanish notes.
Cambodia and Japan discussed the promotion of the agro-tourism subsector and the development and restoration of the tourism sector after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.
An indefinite Chinese ban on Thai longan imposed on August 13 over contamination with mealybugs has thrown a wrench into Cambodian exports of the fruit to the neighbouring country, according to a senior Cambodian government official.
Asean and Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea signed RCEP last November. Japan led the drafting of a declaration that left the door open for India to join the world's largest trading bloc later.
Singapore on Wednesday upgraded its growth projection for this year to a range of 6% to 7%, from the previous 4% to 6%, with a roughly 70% COVID-19 vaccination rate enabling plans to gradually reopen more of the economy.
Cambodia’s exports to the US rose 37.26 percent measured Jan-July. Shipments adding up to more than $3.8 billion were made up mainly of clothing, footwear and travel products.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
