Industry News

Reflectinggrowing interest from Chinese Consumers, the Scottish First Minister is inBeijing to promote Scottish products and to meet with Government officials andlocal businesses.

Thailand resumes frozen chicken meat export to China;China announces it's imposing new tariffs on128 US products;China gets creative with dairy

Europe: Tomatoes most popular vegetable - bananas most-loved fruit ;China rejigs food watchdogs;U.S. wine exports to China rise 10 pct in 2017...

The US Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) hasfiled a petition with the US Department of Agriculture, asking it todifferentiate conventional meat from alternatives by creating a formal definition. The filling comes at a time when clean meat is receiving anincreased amount of attention and companies edge closer to getting a product tomarket

Wine sales and prices are expected to rise in 2018. With strong demand for higher-priced wines continuing to out-perform the lower priced wines, as people shift towards ‘better’ wines. Trade agreements and changing tastes in China have also helped increase demand for in the worlds fifth largest import market for wine.

Fronterra has teamed up with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on a deal that will see the New Zealand dairy business sell its first fresh milk in China. The move comes at a time when Chinese consumers are consciously seeking products that are fresh, nutritious and safe, according to Fonterra’s Greater China President.

After a year of vine-killing frosts, hail, drought, and destructive wildfires in regions from across the globe, the wine industry has a lot to look forward to in 2018. Elin McCoy shares her predictions for the wine industry in this Bloomberg piece.

China may lift an import ban imposed on 10 prefectures after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. China is among nine countries and regions that still have import restrictions in place.