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The Netherlands is the second largest exporter of food in the world – exporting AS$70 billion each year from a landmass of 42 square kilometres and a population of 17 million people.

The Ministry of Primary Industries' proposal to impose higher costs on the wine industry is a major threat to the sector and its export business, says Alistair King from Crowe Horwath.

The kiwifruit season is promising strong growth with volumes back to pre-Psa levels this season, Zespri's chief executive Lain Jager says.

New Zealand infant formula exports to China have been given a boost with the launch last week of a new pilot project to test products here instead of there.

A Kiwi company specialising in selling milk products to China is planning a major expansion and is planning to raise $10 million to do this. 

The Ministry for Primary Industries denies holding ‘special’ meetings with New Zealand dairy product makers in the light of claims that China has rejected 60 batches of our dairy products in the past year.

 New Zealand agritech exports earned their producers $1.2 billion in 2013. $1 billion had long been the annual export target of the sector.

HIGHER SHEEP and beef prices seem set to buffer the drop in export earnings from dairying, according to the latest economic update from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Four months ago, we considered several months of downward movements in dairy commodity prices on international markets. 

TOTAL AGRICULTURAL export earnings for 2014-15 will be down 9.5%, warns the Ministry of Primary Industries.