vegetable ghee specialist for confectionary and ready to eat food production frying oils confectionary fats. 4.1.2 Exporting country Customs data were analysed using individual entries of imported products under the 1516 and 1517 tariff codes by country of origin. Many countries were identified with the top 5 countries for Australia and New Zealand presented in Table 1 below. The top two countries exporting to Australia were Malaysia and Singapore with New Zealand ranked fourth. Australia was identified as the country with the most import entries into New Zealand, followed by Malaysia and Indonesia. Table 1: Top 5 source importing countries for Australian and New Zealand for 1516 and 1517 tariff code fats and oils Australia New Zealand Malaysia Australia Singapore Malaysia United States Indonesia New Zealand United States Indonesia Singapore Malaysia is the main source of imported hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised vegetable oils (tariff code 1516) into Australia (55% in 2016) and New Zealand (64% in 2016). The main source of imported margarine (tariff code 1517) into Australia is Malaysia (79% in 2016) whereas the main source of imported margarine into New Zealand is Australia (91% in 2016). Although the Customs data does not provide sufficient detail to determine volumes it does suggest that there is a substantial Trans-Tasman trade in fats and between
vegetable ghee specialist for confectionary and ready to eat food production frying oils confectionary fats. 4.1.2 Exporting country Customs data were analysed using individual entries of imported products under the 1516 and 1517 tariff codes by country of origin. Many countries were identified with the top 5 countries for Australia and New Zealand presented in Table 1 below. The top two countries exporting to Australia were Malaysia and Singapore with New Zealand ranked fourth. Australia was identified as the country with the most import entries into New Zealand, followed by Malaysia and Indonesia. Table 1: Top 5 source importing countries for Australian and New Zealand for 1516 and 1517 tariff code fats and oils Australia New Zealand Malaysia Australia Singapore Malaysia United States Indonesia New Zealand United States Indonesia Singapore Malaysia is the main source of imported hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised vegetable oils (tariff code 1516) into Australia (55% in 2016) and New Zealand (64% in 2016). The main source of imported margarine (tariff code 1517) into Australia is Malaysia (79% in 2016) whereas the main source of imported margarine into New Zealand is Australia (91% in 2016). Although the Customs data does not provide sufficient detail to determine volumes it does suggest that there is a substantial Trans-Tasman trade in fats and between
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