Imports

Egypt Ban On Wheat With Fungus Adds Confusion For Traders

Egypt will no longer accept imported wheat containing any traces of the ergot fungus, the Agriculture Ministry said Sunday, sowing fresh regulatory confusi...

U.S. Consumer Prices Unchanged in July as Fuel Costs Ease

The U.S. cost of living was little changed in July, a sign subdued inflationary pressures will give Federal Reserve policy makers reason to keep interest r...

Blessed Are the Cheesemakers As Russia Embargo Enters Third Year

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ban on many food imports in retaliation for Western sanctions has taught his country to feed itself, and that's he...

Zimbabwe Says South Africa Imports Ban A ‘Safeguard Measure’

Zimbabwe doesn’t have a trade dispute with South Africa following a decision by authorities in Harare to bar imports of basic food products from its...

Belarus And Turkey Benefit From Russian EU Veto

Russia has reduced its fruit and vegetable imports by 30 per cent compared to 2013, since implementing vetoes on imports coming from the EU. As a r...

Italian Farmers Group Publishes 'Black List' Of Most Contaminated Imports

Farmers' association Coldiretti has published a "black list" of the fresh produce imports to Italy that are most likely to be contaminated with i...

World's Food-Import Bill Just Shrank $9 Billion To Five-Year Low

The world’s food bill just fell $9 billion from a previous estimate as a glut of oil and ships cut transportation costs, adding to an oversupply of e...

From Pet Food To Nuts: Egypt Raises Customs Levy To Cut Imports

Egypt has raised tariffs on a range of imported items from pet foods to nuts and watches as authorities seek to reduce the country’s import bill to s...

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