Two container ships collided and once called in China
At around 8:35 am on January 28, the container ship "WAN HAI 272" collided with the container ship "SANTA LOUKIA" near buoy No. 9 on the inbound channel of Bangkok. The ship is stranded and the schedule is delayed!
According to the big shipping schedule data, "WAN HAI 272" called at Hong Kong Port on January 18-19 and at Shekou Port on January 19-20, involving two shipping companies, PIL and WAN HAI, sharing cabins.
The ship was originally scheduled to arrive in Laem Chabang on January 28, but it is still stranded at the accident site so far, and the schedule has been delayed.
The 133rd Canton Fair will fully resume offline exhibitions
The relevant person in charge of the China Foreign Trade Center stated on January 28 that the 133rd Canton Fair is scheduled to open on April 15 and will fully resume offline exhibitions.
According to reports, the 133rd Canton Fair will be held in three phases. The area of the exhibition hall will be expanded from 1.18 million square meters in the past to 1.5 million square meters. The number of offline exhibition booths is expected to increase from the original 60,000 to nearly 70,000.
At present, invitations have been issued to 950,000 domestic and foreign buyers and 177 global partners in advance.
The Fed announces a 25 basis point rate hike
At 3 o'clock in the morning on February 2, Beijing time, the Federal Reserve announced after the meeting that it would raise the target range of the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to between 4.50% and 4.75%.
So far, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the eighth time in a row, with a total rate increase of 450 basis points, and the target range of the federal funds rate has risen to the highest level since September 2007.
On February 2, the decline in the U.S. dollar index expanded, falling by 1% at one point, and the offshore renminbi against the U.S. dollar once rose above 6.72 yuan, up more than 400 points from the previous day’s close, and the strength remained unchanged.
Obviously, the market has fully expected the Fed to raise interest rates by 25 basis points, and the future path of monetary policy is the focus of the market.
Finland tightens food import controls
On January 13, 2023, according to the Finnish Food Administration, more in-depth monitoring will be carried out on organic products imported from outside the EU and the country of origin, and all organic products will be carefully checked between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023. Batches of organic imported food documents.
The customs will take samples from each batch according to the risk assessment of pesticide residue control, and the sampled batches of goods are still stored in the warehouse approved by the customs, and the transfer is prohibited until the analysis results are received.
The product groups and countries of origin under enhanced control involving common nomenclature (CN) are as follows: (1) China: 09101100, 20060010, ginger (2) China: 07099390, 12079996, 12129995, pumpkin seeds; (3) China: 23040000, soybean (beans, cakes, flour, slate, etc.); (4) China: 0902 20 00, 0902 40 00, tea leaves (different grades).
