
Asian road to Brexit-proof Scotch whisky
It's not just the pagoda roof turret that gives the Annandale Distillery in Scotland an Asian feel.
It's not just the pagoda roof turret that gives the Annandale Distillery in Scotland an Asian feel.
The drop reflected a decline in the value, price and volume of exports, led by dairy, meat and forestry shipments.
COMMENT: The politics of President Obama's signature trade deal simply became too toxic for Donald Trump.
New Zealand export expectations have peaked to their highest level in six years.
Fonterra Cooperative Group is assessing the impact of a big drop in milk production this month on its contract book and future production plans.
Britain and New Zealand have agreed to set up trade policy talks to help push for greater trade liberalisation.
New Zealand's trade deficit widened to the biggest monthly gap since September 2014 as dairy and meat exports slumped in August.
New Zealand's merchandise trade deficit narrowed in July as imports such as crude oil fell faster than exports such as milk powder and meat.
COMMENT: Critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal lack a strategic alternative.
COMMENT: Looking beyond dairy, the picture is one of faltering growth in world trade volumes and mounting protectionism.
Bulk retailer Container Door is taking its disruptive shopping concept to the Australian market.
The biggest container ship to visit New Zealand will visit Port of Tauranga later this year.
News that a free trade agreement with the EU is still on track, despite Brexit, has been welcomed by New Zealand's export sector.
Donald Trump has taken his anti-trade tirades to a whole new level.
Tauranga shareholders will take some convincing that a new port to serve the upper North Island would be a good move.
Northland MP and NZ First leader Winston Peters says Northport is the logical place to take Auckland's shipping freight, saving hundreds of millions of dollars.
Shipping operators favour a future replacement for the current Auckland port to be sited at the Firth of Thames over Manukau Harbour.
Horticulture led the rise in New Zealand commodity prices last month.
New Zealanders and their pets have consumed more than 600 tonnes of seafood sourced from a Thai conglomerate condemned for its use of slave labour.
Prime Minister John Key will visit China this month to discuss the free trade agreement between the two countries.
Commodity prices fell 1.3 per cent in March as weaker dairy, forestry and seafood prices outweighed meat prices.
Five other countries have informally expressed interest in joining the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.
New Zealand wholesale trade dips in fourth quarter on decline in basic material products.
To the extent that robots become a less expensive input than labor in the production process, multinationals will be encouraged to "onshore" output to move it closer to their customer bases.
New Zealand unexpectedly posted a trade surplus last month as exports rose more than forecast, with higher shipments of wood, dairy and fruit.
Excess supply in industry augurs tough six months.
Avocado prices have spiked to over $3 each after a "moderate" growing season and surging demand.
Ports of Auckland posted a 9.5 percent increase in first-half profit as the country's third-biggest port slashed its maintenance bill.
Here's what the international media think of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).