WEST Australian exporters have been urged to work with the state's strawberry growers to ensure stringent air cargo requirements are met when the new season begins next year.
CHINA not only outpaced ASEAN in high-value exports as early as 2003, but since 2004 it has also overtaken ASEAN as the biggest exporter in Asia. The latest findings suggest ASEAN governments will have to review their trade policies with China and to meet the challenges ahead. The findings are part of a study - "ASEAN Exports: Today, Tomorrow and the High-value Challenge," produced by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for DHL. The studyanalysed where ASEAN countries stand today in relation to China and India, and how they measure up as a trade bloc, in terms of high-value exports, against the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
QANTAS Freight was jolted by a major systems outage - just four days after the revised Integrated Cargo Systems (ICS) Business Continuity Plan (BCP) came into force this month, writes John Newton.
FLOWER exporters in several parts of Asia have indicated they are likely to make increasing use of the Dubai Flower Centre for trans-shipment.And traders and growers from Europe, South America, East and West Africa in addition to Asia have already staked a position in the new complex.
QANTAS has accepted a takeover offer from a private consortium headed by Macquarie Bank that includes Airline Partners Australia, Texas Pacific Group and Canada's Onex Corporation.
YEAR-on-year demand for international air freight dropped sharply in October, posting its weakest monthly growth rate in a year, according to the latest traffic results published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
A RESTRUCTURING of Victorian transport giant - Toll Holdings - would free the company to borrow up to $1 billion for acquisitions in Australia, China and New Zealand.
WEST Australian exporters have been urged to work with the state's strawberry growers to ensure stringent air cargo requirements are met when the new season begins next year.
CHINA not only outpaced ASEAN in high-value exports as early as 2003, but since 2004 it has also overtaken ASEAN as the biggest exporter in Asia. The latest findings suggest ASEAN governments will have to review their trade policies with China and to meet the challenges ahead. The findings are part of a study - "ASEAN Exports: Today, Tomorrow and the High-value Challenge," produced by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for DHL. The studyanalysed where ASEAN countries stand today in relation to China and India, and how they measure up as a trade bloc, in terms of high-value exports, against the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
QANTAS Freight was jolted by a major systems outage - just four days after the revised Integrated Cargo Systems (ICS) Business Continuity Plan (BCP) came into force this month, writes John Newton.
FLOWER exporters in several parts of Asia have indicated they are likely to make increasing use of the Dubai Flower Centre for trans-shipment.And traders and growers from Europe, South America, East and West Africa in addition to Asia have already staked a position in the new complex.
QANTAS has accepted a takeover offer from a private consortium headed by Macquarie Bank that includes Airline Partners Australia, Texas Pacific Group and Canada's Onex Corporation.
YEAR-on-year demand for international air freight dropped sharply in October, posting its weakest monthly growth rate in a year, according to the latest traffic results published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
A RESTRUCTURING of Victorian transport giant - Toll Holdings - would free the company to borrow up to $1 billion for acquisitions in Australia, China and New Zealand.
