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32 stories in this topic

seafood
Food
1 min read

Seafood exporters situation more dire than during Covid

Seafood exporters are seeing orders plummet and facing even greater difficulties than during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first five months of this year their exports fell by 28% to $3.37 billion and companies saw a decline of 20-50% in export orders,…

tiktok 2
Living
1 min read

SEA driving $20 bn in e-commerce revenue for TikTok

ByteDance-owned TikTok hopes to more than quadruple the size of its worldwide e-commerce operations to as much as $20 billion in merchandise sales this year, relying on growth in Southeast Asia, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar…

korea export
Logistics
3 min read

Sea shipping costs dip amid sliding demand

Sea shipping costs have plunged by over 80% from the previous peak as consumption has dropped amid inflation concerns. Tran Lam Son, CEO of wood and furniture exporter Thien Minh, said that shipping a container to Europe now costs around $1,700, down nearly…

vietnam seafood
Food
1 min read

Vietnam eyes $1B from seaculture product exports by 2025

Vietnam expects to rake in between 800,000 to $1 billion worth of sea culture product exports by 2025, according to a development project of the sector towards 2030 with a vision to 2045. Also by the time, the total area of sea culture is set to hit 280,000…

dominos pizza
Food
2 min read

Domino’s Pizza buys businesses in three SEA markets

Domino’s Pizza Malaysia is set to become part of the largest Domino’s network outside of the United States (US) via a proposed acquisition by Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd (DPE). DPE is an Australian-based group that operates more than 3,400 Domino’s stores…

Solarpanel lane
General
2 min read

US to consider tariffs on solar panels made in Southeast Asia

U.S. trade officials on Monday said they will launch an investigation that could result in tariffs on solar panels imported from four Southeast Asian nations, a blow to clean energy project developers that rely on cheap imports to keep costs down. The…

Degussa GoldHandel
General
1 min read

Vietnam largest bullion market in Southeast Asia

Vietnam was Southeast Asia’s largest gold bullion and coin market last year and among the top 10 globally. The demand in the country exceeded 31.1 metric tons compared to 28.7 tons in Thailand and 19.8 tons in Indonesia, according to the World Gold Council.…

gold 1
General
1 min read

Vietnam largest bullion market in Southeast Asia

Vietnam was Southeast Asia’s largest gold bullion and coin market last year and among the top 10 globally. The demand in the country exceeded 31.1 metric tons compared to 28.7 tons in Thailand and 19.8 tons in Indonesia, according to the World Gold Council.…

Grab Food
Research
1 min read

Southeast Asia’s online food delivery to soar through 2025

Southeast Asia’s online food-delivery market is expected to treble in the next five years, reaching US$28 billion in transactions, according to a report released by Grab and Euromonitor International. The growth is expected to be seen in emerging markets such…

vietnam seafood export
Food
2 min read

Seafood companies fear lack of raw materials as Covid hits farm output

The decline this year in shrimp and fish farming in the Mekong Delta threatens to cause a serious shortage of raw materials for processors in the coming months. “We have increased shrimp prices, but many farmers are still worried that Covid outbreaks will…

Deutsche Bank
Finance
1 min read

Deutsche Expands Wealth Unit in Southeast Asia

Deutsche Bank continues to expand its wealth business in the region, particularly in southeast Asia where it hired a new investment management team head. Alania Concepcion joins Deutsche Bank Wealth Management as a director and investment management team…

vietnam seafood
Food
1 min read

Imported seafood prices skyrocket amid transport restrictions

The prices of imported king crabs and abalones have risen by 30-50 percent in HCMC due to limited supply caused by mobility restrictions. King crabs are sold at VND2.5-2.9 million ($109-126) per kilogram, 50 percent higher year-on-year. Australian and South…

Singapore
Finance
2 min read

Open Finance Startup to Expand Across Southeast Asia

Singapore-based Finantier has closed an oversubscribed seed financing round at more than 20 times its pre-seed valuation. Finantier plans to strengthen its presence in Indonesia and Southeast Asia after raising seven figures in seed funding in a round led by…