
F & P China 'marriage' brings mutual benefits
A Chinese giant's lifeline has pulled Fisher & Paykel Appliances back from the brink and opened up new markets.
A Chinese giant's lifeline has pulled Fisher & Paykel Appliances back from the brink and opened up new markets.
The total value of goods exported in February was $3.9 billion - 17 per cent higher than the same month last year.
Prices in Fonterra's latest online auction have fallen 8.2 per cent.
The price of milk powder rose to the highest level in three years in Fonterra's latest online auction.
The total value of goods imported in January increased 14 per cent to $396m from January 2010, to a montly total of $3.3b, said Stats NZ this morning.
Finalising a new transtasman investment agreement is on the agenda in talks between Julia Gillard and John Key.
The Chinese company that sparked a fierce national debate last year about foreign investment in farming is ploughing ahead with plans to export millions of cartons of UHT milk from New Zealand to China.
World dairy prices have continued to surge in Fonterra's latest online global dairy auction, rising 7.2 per cent overnight.