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Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG:

  • Addressing the export challenge: EFA’s support for Australian trade
  • Top challenges facing sustainable sourcing and procurement
  • Using Optical Character Recognition technology to streamline international trade
  • New report: UAE growth to reach AED 2tn by 2030
  • WTO launches Global Trade Data Portal, provides live access to real-time data
  • Barometer index shows signs of trade recovery amid mixed signals
  • UK trade deals with Australia and New Zealand take effect
  • Streamlining and digitalising supply chains: Enigio AB’s trace:original delivers success

Addressing the export challenge: EFA’s support for Australian trade

For over 65 years, Export Finance Australia (EFA) has been helping businesses take on the world. Over this long history, we have gained a unique perspective on the challenges faced by exporters, and how finance can help address them. Read more →

Top challenges facing sustainable sourcing and procurement

The manufacturing and shipping industries tally up some of the highest, more impactful numbers to the atmosphere’s degradation, adding to an already-intense climate crisis. Read more →

Using Optical Character Recognition to streamline international trade

One of the difficulties related to international trade is the large volume of paper documents that make up much of the information flow between the different parties, including various documents such as invoices, bills of lading, certificates of origin, and customs declarations. Read more →

New report: UAE growth to reach AED 2tn by 2030

Today, the report, “Future of Trade: New opportunities in high-growth corridors” was released by Standard Chartered. Read more →

WTO launches Global Trade Data Portal, provides live access to real-time data

In response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent crisis in Ukraine, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has introduced the Global Trade Data Portal.  Read more →

Barometer index shows signs of trade recovery amid mixed signals

The latest reading of the barometer index indicates positive growth, with a rise from 92.2 in March to 95.6. However, it remains below the baseline value of 100, indicating a below-trend stabilisation and the early stages of an upturn in merchandise trade volumes. Read more →

UK trade deals with Australia and New Zealand take effect

In an exciting development for UK businesses, the UK’s trade deals with Australia and New Zealand have officially come into force today, 31 May, marking the first negotiated trade agreements since the UK’s departure from the EU. Read more →

Streamlining and digitalising supply chains: Enigio AB’s trace:original delivers success

Enigio AB has announced the successful completion of the inaugural digital end-to-end trade document transaction, made possible by their trace:original solution. Read more →