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A fisheries economist at the University of the South Pacific says seaweed exports could become more efficient if the region could establish a processing plant.
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In late 2011, Propane Performance Industries (PPI) secured a purchase order and 12 month forecasts from GM Holden in Australia, for the ongoing supply of revolutionary aluminium propane (LPG) fuel tanks. The car manufacturer's and PPI's suppliers terms of trade resulted in a funding gap of 30 – 60 days on each purchase order. As this was PPI's first significant sale after a number of years' development, they had no significant tangible assets, and had no lending relationship with a bank.
(Saturday Mar 17, 2012 article by Mark Lister NZ Herald
Are we putting too much faith in China?
Twenty years ago China was the 10th biggest economy in the world, just behind Brazil. Ten years later it had crept up to number six, slotting in between France and Italy. Today, it is comfortably number two, ahead of Japan but still some way off the United States.
Trade Minister Tim Groser has welcomed today’s announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda that Japan will seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiation.
“Japan is a giant in world trade and economic affairs,” Mr Groser said.
Reports of Vietnam’s rapid economic growth have for many years been gaining coverage in the business sections of newspapers internationally. This transformation has certainly not gone unnoticed by foreign investors and a number of large global companies such as Nestlé and Unilever have identified Vietnam as a key strategic market for development over the next 10 years, investing heavily in the country.
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The New Zealand Trade Minister Hon. Tim Groser announced last month that Indonesia has completed its required domestic procedures to allow the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA (AANZFTA) to enter into force.
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