China
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Boon to Ecuador cocoa sector as country signs free trade pact with China
ECUADOR – Ecuadorian food industry players, especially in the cocoa, have posited the free trade agreement (FTA) their government has signed with China as a…
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Low returns force Abbot Laboratories to pull out of Chinese infant formula market
CHINA – American infant formula giant Abbot Laboratories, is planning to discontinue the production and supply of infant formula in China saying the market is…
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China imposes embargo on some Taiwanese beverages over non-compliance with new customs registration system
TAIWAN – China has suspended some shipments of beer, liquor, and other beverages from Taiwan, making a total of 2,409 companies hit with import suspensions,…
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Nigeria starts export of Agri-commodities to China
NIGERIA – The Nigerian government, through the National Youth Service Corps program in partnership with Zeenab Foods Ltd, operators of Nigeria Exporters Hub, has commenced…
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Researchers develop rice variety capable of regrowing season after season without reseeding
UGANDA – Researchers at Yunnan University have developed a variety of perennial rice named PR23 by cross-breeding regular annual rice Oryza sativa with a wild…