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Food & Drink Business

While the removal of import duties on Australian bottled wine sent to China has resulted in a massive surge for the industry, exports to the rest of the world have declined to the lowest value in ten years and lowest volume in over twenty years, according to Wine Australia’s latest Export Report.

Up to 18 emerging New South Wales food and beverage producers will be granted $4500 by the state government to exhibit at leading trade show, Fine Food Australia 2025.

Fonterra will be closing its canning and packaging facility in Hamilton at the end of July, citing the company’s revised strategy from September 2024 as the reasoning, which outlines a prioritisation of higher value ingredient production.