More Australian fruit is expected to enter the Chinese market after Beijing updated the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) lists for the first time since 2020, allowing more stone fruit, mangoes, cherries and citrus to reach Chinese consumers. This comes after representatives from Australia’s Department of Agriculture and China’s…

South Australia’s (SA) wine sector has overcome the high tariffs imposed on Australian products by China with an increase in export sales. The state’s wine exports rose five per cent in the 12 months to the end of October 2022 to $1.3 billion (US$907 million). The improvement came on the back of improved sales to…

Australia’s wine sector is seeing “early signs” of success at finding alternative markets to China following the imposition of hefty tariffs on exports, a move that has triggered a major reshuffle of top wine suppliers. “Australia was the top wine importer to mainland China before the tariffs were introduced and as other wine producing nations…

Despite experiencing a turbulent year in the global wine market, Australian exporters are making significant gains across Asia after being denied the China market by Beijing. In its latest figures, Wine Australia revealed that overall volumes were down 17 percent to 619 million litres resulting in a 30 percent decline in the value of exports…

The United Kingdom (UK) secretary for international trade hopes to make history by agreeing to a free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia, which would be its first independently negotiated trade deal from scratch since leaving the European Union. “Our trading relationship is deep and longstanding, with the UK once Australia’s foremost trading partner,” Liz Truss…

Australia’s trade minister is considering whether to launch a second action against China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), this time to fight tariffs imposed on wine exports. It follows an ongoing WTO action over barley tariffs that was launched late last year by Australia. “One of the things we are very keen to do…

A Beijing-based journalist has spotted imitations of Australia’s most famous wines on store shelves in China, as the Chinese Communist Party’s trade ban’s on Aussie products remain in force. Journalist Patrick Fok spotted the wines on Feb.14 in Hainan. Both knock-off wines utilise the same distinctive red and white label as South Australia’s internationally award-winning…