Sirma Karapeeva Archives

NZ exports of halal-certified meat to Muslim and non-Muslim markets (years ended September 2003-2019)

NZ’s halal-certified red meat exports more than quadruple

November 18, 2019

Over the past two decades, New Zealand’s exports of halal-certified beef, sheepmeat and co-products have grown by 350 percent. Now four-fifths of New Zealand’s halal exports is sought by Muslim customers in non-Muslim majority markets […]

MIA Matters: Meat exporters on high Brexit alert

October 9, 2019

As we move towards the end of October and the UK leaving the EU, New Zealand’s meat exporters dealing with the region are on high alert. Nobody still really knows what will happen on 31 […]

Japan number one market for New Zealand chilled beef

October 4, 2019

Japan is now New Zealand’s number one market for chilled beef driven by tariff cuts under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade agreement. However the gains may be eroded following a US-Japan agreement, […]

Sirma Karapeeva: Trading “gnarly issues”

September 16, 2019

International business is what spins Sirma Karapeeva’s wheels. She’s found her niche as trade and economic manager for the Meat Industry Association (MIA), she says, working on business-related issues, such as Brexit, trade barriers and […]

MIA Focus: Meeting the needs of the New Zealand meat industry

August 12, 2019

Around the edges of RMSC 2019, delegates were getting together to discuss the matters of the day for the New Zealand meat industry. Long-standing supporter Maersk sponsored the Gala Dinner once again this year, which […]

New meat industry recruitment drive for Muslim employees

June 11, 2019

A new in-market recruitment initiative has been trialled in Indonesia by the red meat industry to find skilled Muslim employees. The red meat industry is on a mission to find skilled labour throughout the chain, […]

MIA Matters: There’s a lot at stake for NZ sheepmeat in the Brexit process

February 18, 2019

At a critical time for the New Zealand’s meat trade with the United Kingdom, our fifth largest red meat market, the Meat Industry Association (MIA) and Beef + Lamb NZ Ltd (B+LNZ) are pushing to […]

MIA Focus: demand unabated in China for NZ red meat

December 7, 2018

A Meat Industry Association (MIA)-led delegation recently returned from the massive and busy inaugural China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai. They found – eight years after signing a free trade agreement with the North […]

Damien O'Connor, Minister of Agriculture

Substantial progress made on RCEP

November 19, 2018

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations are likely to be concluded next year following substantial progress this year. A Joint Statement was issued by the Leaders of the 16 RCEP countries last week in […]

Hiccup with Iran meat trade

August 8, 2018

New Zealand’s meat trade with Iran has hit a ‘bit of a hiccup’ with US President Donald Trump’s reintroduction of sanctions for the Middle Eastern country and recent Tweeted warning that countries trading with Iran […]

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NZ’s halal-certified red meat exports more than quadruple

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New meat industry recruitment drive for Muslim employees

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MIA Focus: demand unabated in China for NZ red meat

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