Trade

Braced for a big impact: Nutra industry laments lack of clarity over new China customs registrations

31-Aug-2021 By Tingmin Koe

The nutraceutical industry has lamented a lack of clarity over a new factory registration rule that the Chinese authorities will be implementing from January 1, 2022.

Rosy picture for China botanical firms as US exports due to rise despite trade war

27-Aug-2018 By Tingmin Koe

China's botanical exports are expected to continue growing at a rate of 20% this year, with the US remaining its largest market despite the ongoing US-China trade war, Hou Yin Jun, the person-in-charge of commerce at Shaanxi Plant Extract Association,...

Burcon: Market timing right for pea protein

18-Nov-2013 By Maggie Hennessy

Functional plant protein supplier Burcon NutraScience Corp. continued its focus on commercializing its “invisible” pea protein isolate Peazazz during the second quarter of fiscal 2014, beginning operations at its semi-works facility, ramping up discussions...

The medicine hunter: ‘I help to establish trade in plants’

18-Mar-2010 By Shane Starling

Chris Kilham is a perennial of the herbals industry, a man who has for more than 20 years acted as a social, anthropological and botanical conduit between indigenous cultures in places like the Peruvian Amazon and western ingredients suppliers.

Sustaining the coffee world

22-Oct-2003

As trading nations get to grips with globalisation in the 21st
century the issue of sustainability is increasingly compounded for
commodities on today's market. Nowhere is this more evident than
for coffee - arguably one of the...

US optimistic over China soybean trade dispute

24-Oct-2001

The Bush administration is "hopeful" that a trade dispute with
China that has disrupted exports of U.S. soybeans will be resolved
soon, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Tuesday.