Exports – Page 13 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Saudi Arabia bans Lebanese fruit & vegetables over drug smuggling

Posted on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021By Editor

Imports of Lebanese produce to Saudi Arabia will be banned indefinitely starting from Sunday as they’re being used to smuggle drugs, Riyadh has announced, delivering another blow to Lebanon amid its harsh financial crisis. … Read More >Saudi Arabia bans Lebanese fruit & vegetables over drug smuggling

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Exports from China’s Xinjiang province to US more than doubled this year despite sanctions

Posted on April 23, 2021April 23, 2021By Editor

Direct exports from China’s northwestern Xinjiang region to the US surged 113% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021 despite Washington’s import ban on cotton and other products. … Read More >Exports from China’s Xinjiang province to US more than doubled this year despite sanctions

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Russia on course to keep global grain supplies high despite export cap

Posted on April 23, 2021April 23, 2021By Editor

Exports of Russian wheat and meslin flour more than doubled in January-February when compared with the same period of 2020, amounting to 7.59 million tons, according to the Federal State Statistics Service. … Read More >Russia on course to keep global grain supplies high despite export cap

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Russian gas exports to Europe surge 30% in 2021 as harsh winter forces foreign consumers to boost energy purchases

Posted on April 5, 2021April 5, 2021By Editor

Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom increased shipments of natural gas to Europe by 30.7% in the first quarter of the current year, preliminary data shows. … Read More >Russian gas exports to Europe surge 30% in 2021 as harsh winter forces foreign consumers to boost energy purchases

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Russia boosts agricultural exports amid Covid pandemic

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021By Editor

Exports of Russian agricultural products rose 22.3% year-on-year as of March 21, amounting to over $6 billion, data from the Ministry of Agriculture showed. … Read More >Russia boosts agricultural exports amid Covid pandemic

‘Fulfil your contract’: EU Commission chief threatens AstraZeneca with Covid vaccine export ban

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021By Editor

Ursula von der Leyen has warned pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that the European Union would consider a complete export ban on its Covid-19 vaccine if it doesn’t supply the bloc with the jabs before other nations. … Read More >‘Fulfil your contract’: EU Commission chief threatens AstraZeneca with Covid vaccine export ban

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Britain buys most of Russia’s gold exports in January, worth over $700mn

Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021By Editor

Russia exported 13.73 tons of rough gold in January, up 1.5 times year-on-year, according to data from the Federal Customs Service. In monetary terms, exports almost doubled to $812 million, data shows. … Read More >Britain buys most of Russia’s gold exports in January, worth over $700mn

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Biggest fall since 1997: UK trade with EU dives in first month of new Brexit ties

Posted on March 14, 2021March 14, 2021By Editor

Exports and imports from Britain to the European Union plunged in January – the first month of the nation’s new trade relationship with the bloc – according to data published Friday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). … Read More >Biggest fall since 1997: UK trade with EU dives in first month of new Brexit ties

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Russian agricultural exports soar nearly 30% as China and Turkey ramp up purchases

Posted on March 14, 2021March 14, 2021By Editor

Exports of Russian agricultural products have increased by 28.1 percent in the first two months of 2021 against the same period a year ago, amounting to $4.51 billion, the Russian Agricultural Ministry reports. … Read More >Russian agricultural exports soar nearly 30% as China and Turkey ramp up purchases

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Russia becomes net exporter of food for first time in post-Soviet history

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021By Editor

Russia exported 79 million tons of food products last year, worth $30.7 billion, the AgroExport center under the country’s Ministry of Agriculture said in its latest report. … Read More >Russia becomes net exporter of food for first time in post-Soviet history