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![Dip in primary exports tipped](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Dip in primary exports tipped
The value of primary exports will fall from unusually high levels over the 2014/15 year before recovering steadily in the following three years.
![Avocado sales hit record $136 million](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Avocado sales hit record $136 million
New Zealand avocado sales hit $136 million in the season ended April 30, double the previous season's, and setting new records in the export and domestic markets.
![Terms of trade near high](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Terms of trade near high
The terms of trade reached the most favourable levels for more than 40 years in the March quarter as export prices rose and import prices fell.
![NZ water rejected in Emirates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ water rejected in Emirates
Waiwera mineral water destined for the United Arab Emirates was relabelled to sell in New Zealand after claims the water was unsafe.
![Fonterra sets $7.00 seasonal milk price](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Fonterra sets $7.00 seasonal milk price
Fonterra has set an opening milk price of $7.00 per kg of milksolids for the 2014/15 season and revised down its forecast for the current season.
![Craig Armitage: China vital to export growth plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Craig Armitage: China vital to export growth plan
China is now New Zealand's largest trading partner and expansion of economic links with this country will be vital to the New Zealand Government's goal.
![Golden times return for kiwifruit trade](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Golden times return for kiwifruit trade
New disease-resistant variety helps industry bounce back from devastating Psa scourgeNeil Trebilco, president of NZ Kiwifruit Growers.
![Comvita annual profit rises 3.3pc](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Comvita annual profit rises 3.3pc
Comvita, which produces health products from manuka honey and olive leaves, lifted annual profit 3.3 percent.
![Comvita buys Timaru-based NZ Honey](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Comvita buys Timaru-based NZ Honey
Natural health products company Comvita said it had agreed to buy NZ Honey from NZ Honey Producers Co-Operative in a $12.3m.
![Milk price slide tipped](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Milk price slide tipped
Dairy farmers can expect to see a drop in the milk price to around $7 a kg of milk solids .
![Big wineries look to tap Chinese market](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Big wineries look to tap Chinese market
Hawkes Bay wine producers are joining forces to try to cash in on the growing wine market in China.
![Roadblock ahead for NZ log prices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Roadblock ahead for NZ log prices
New Zealand log prices appear to have levelled out after a strong run over the last year.
![MPs warned over plain packaging](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
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.
![Kiwi meat in UK halalbaloo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Kiwi meat in UK halalbaloo
Religious leaders in the UK want all halal and kosher meat labelled with slaughter methods. With a large chunk of NZ lamb sold there, are our exports at risk?
![NZ formula could be stuck on wharves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ formula could be stuck on wharves
Kiwi infant formula could end up stuck on Chinese wharves - like Kiwi meat exports last year, says the head of an industry group.
![NZ formula exporters cut to just five](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ formula exporters cut to just five
Only five of New Zealand's 13 infant formula manufacturers have been approved to export product into China under new regulations that came into force today.
![Sheep and beef farm profits tipped to rise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Sheep and beef farm profits tipped to rise
Sheep and beef farm profits are expected to jump 35 per cent over 2013-14 from last year's drought-affected season.
![Wine exports top $1.3 billion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Wine exports top $1.3 billion
New Zealand wine exports have rebounded to record levels as the wine growing industry continues its turnaround in fortunes.
![Chinese hotpots send lamb flaps soaring](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Chinese hotpots send lamb flaps soaring
China's taste for hotpot has driven a four-fold increase in the price of lamb flaps, turning the offcut into a premium cut for kiwi farmers.
![Trade surplus widens as dairy drives exports into China](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
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.
![Farmers warned as risk of El Nino grows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Farmers warned as risk of El Nino grows
Farmers are being cautioned to prepare contingency plans amid early signs of a large El Nino climate event this year.
![Tim Groser: China trade not our only option](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Tim Groser: China trade not our only option
New Zealand's exports to China are increasing exponentially. In the three years prior to signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 2008 our exports increased on average by a little under 4 per cent.
![Formula exporters face hit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Formula exporters face hit
Infant formula companies are shocked after learning the details of new regulations they will face from next month when selling product in China.
![Air NZ deal nearly off ground](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Air NZ deal nearly off ground
The proposed codeshare between Air NZ and Singapore Airlines has been given the all clear from Competition Commission Singapore.