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Editorial: NZ well placed to ensure quality
The diversity of the countries within the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation bloc has meant it has stayed on the backburner. Until now, that is.
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Terms of trade at new 40-year high
New Zealand's terms of trade held at a 40-year high in the second quarter, as a high New Zealand dollar pushed down the price of imports, offsetting a decline in exports.
Clock is ticking for cheap credits
Cheap imported carbon credits comprised 99.5 per cent of the units New Zealand emitters used to meet their obligations under the emissions trading scheme last year.
Dairy drives seventh monthly NZ trade surplus
New Zealand posted its seventh monthly trade surplus in May, led by overseas demand for the nation's primary products such as milk powder, butter and cheese.
MPs warned over plain packaging
New Zealand's wine and dairy producers will be forced to export their products without branding in retaliation for Government's introduction of plain packaging of cigarettes.
NZ Post to expand parcel forwarding service to China
NZ Post plans to roll out YouShop in China - the parcel forwarding service set up to cash in on the surge in online shopping.
Trade surplus widens as dairy drives exports into China
New Zealand's trade surplus widened in March as Chinese demand for dairy continues to soar, driving annual export receipts to new records.
Collins' date followed firm's plea for help
Justice Minister Judith Collins' Beijing dinner came after the company made a formal request to NZ ministers to intervene with the Chinese Govt over import barriers.
Record volumes for Ports of Auckland
The Ports of Auckland said it had handled a record number of containers in March, beating the previous record set last October.
Container juggle costly exercise
The bulk of New Zealand's imports come through the Ports of Auckland while the Port of Tauranga is the undisputed king of the export trade.
Trade surplus as exports to China surge
New Zealand posted its third straight trade surplus in January, as sales of dairy products drove record exports to China.
No more cheap Chinese imports, says trade boss
There's no room for shoddy and cheap Chinese exports anymore, says a visiting Chinese trade boss.
Peter Bromhead: Wildly lost in translation
When Mr Yong, assistant marketing manager for a Shenzhen manufacturing company, produced a pair of pink star-shaped nipple covers for my perusal, I began to sense a problem. "No!" I cried, anxiously. "It's tips for chair legs I want."
Record activity for Ports of Auckland
Ports of Auckland has notched up its best two months and an analyst says it has seized container volume share back from Port of Tauranga.
Kiwi dollar tipped to rise versus aussie
The kiwi is expected to appreciate further against the Australian after the cross rate hit a near five-year high this week.
Leith Oliver: 'Entrepreneurial judo' good way to take fight to world
For an initial scan of potential markets, use data on countries found in the annual World Economic Forum report.