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Sen. Mike Rounds is leading an effort to overturn a decision by the Biden administration allowing beef imports from Paraguay.

MUMBAI: Vietnam has imported husked brown rice from India for the first time in decades to process the grain and export the refined, white variety, trade and government sources said, as Hanoi tries to cash in on strong global demand for the staple.

Not only is there a dependency on China across key sectors that are fundamental to the growth of the Indian economy, but there’s also an underlying dependency across component supply chains

Private businesses under the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe will import up to 1,1 million tonnes of maize between now and March next year to augment Gove...

The government officially added a 1.6 million tons quota of rice imports, amounting to 3.6 million tons of rice to be imported this year.

In a significant environmental and industrial shift, Finland has witnessed a dramatic increase in the import of waste requiring waste transfer permits, reaching a record high of approximately 310,000 tonnes in 2023. This growth not only underscores the countrys evolving waste management strategies but also reflects broader changes in the international waste market. The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), the authority responsible for international waste transfers, highlighted this unprecedente...

Ken Heydon is a former Australian trade official and senior member of the OECD Secretariat, and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His latest boook is The Trade Weapon: How Weaponizing Trade Threatens Growth, Public Health and the Climate.

Improving access to affordable trade finance could increase imports and exports by up to 6 and 9 per cent respectively in Vietnam, according to a new report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). This represents an annual increase in merchandise trade of $55 billion.

Exports increased 7.89%, imports declined 14.11% during July-January (2023-24)

In a move aligning with European Union Commission guidelines, Finland has imposed a ban on the import of passenger cars registered in Russia since September 16, 2023. The Finnish authorities have now set a deadline of March 16, 2024, for the export of such vehicles that were brought into the country before the ban took effect. This regulation, however, exempts cars owned by EU citizens residing permanently in Russia and diplomatic vehicles. Additionally, buses with a capacity of more than 10 pas...