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Vietnam has exported fresh lychees to Japan for the first time after five years of negotiations and preparations to meet quality standards.

China’s iron ore imports fell for the second straight month in November, dropping 8.1% from a month earlier on easing shipments from major exporters, official customs data showed on Monday.

Indonesia’s imports nosedived in April and May in the wake of declining demand caused by the COVID-19, said head of the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Suhariyanto.

China’s retail sector shows signs of recovery: Research report by Nielsen China shows country’s consumer market recovery being driven by online sales of FMCG

Europe sees big spike in apple demand: Italian group Assomela reports major increase in sales over the past six weeks as a result of coronavirus outbreak

The Philippines saw metal production falling nearly 11 percent to 24.86 billion peso (490 million USD) in the first quarter of this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, data from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) showed.

Indian seafood industry expects the exports to pick up in the second half of the year with the increase in the import of shrimp broodstock.

Fonterra - a New Zealand multinational publicly traded dairy co-operative - reports that its milk exports in February fell by 6.1 percent on lower demand.

Some 61 percent fewer new cars were registered on German roads in April 2020 than a year ago, official data showed Wednesday, as Europe's automobile powerhouse matched its neighbours' plunging sales for the industry.

Toyota's vehicle exports from its manufacturing facilities in Indonesia are forecast to drop by 40-50 percent in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.