Jamie Mackay: The Country host on the start of the 2025 China International Import Expo

The 2025 China International Import Expo has gotten underway in Shanghai and some familiar Kiwi brands are making an appearance.

Fonterra, Zespri, Silver Fern Farms and Comvita are among the big names showcasing their output on the world stage.

The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
The Rural Report on Heather Do see Alan Dr Jamie McKay,
the country hosts with us. Hello Jamie, what's this business
in Shanghai?

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well, this is the China International Import Expo known as
the c double Ie in Shanghai. Look. A record number
of New Zealand companies, including all the big players like Fonterra, Zesprey, Silver,
fir and farms compete to the honey people. They're all participating.
There's all sorts of places to display your wares. More importantly,

(00:35):
there's four million eyes to display them to. So this
thing happens every year from the fifth to the tenth
of November. It's very much about showcasing your stuff, and
it's very much about the Chinese government showcasing what they
can do. This is the brainchild of the current President
Shi Shingping. So there's no other expo in the world

(00:58):
like for Fonterra, for instance. Heather and I was chatting
to chair Peter McBride this afternoon in advance of teeing
up an interview for my show tomorrow. He's over there
representing Fonterra. He's been there before with Sestbury. They've got
a full milk tanker as a part of their display.
So very very important to be there and all the

(01:19):
big players in New Zealand AG are there pleasing the
Chinese because we've got to take a dollar each way.
You see. You you can't suck up the trump all
the time.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
No, true, that would this be the thing that Ben
Bailey from AH. He's at the chef the pop up
that he's doing for AH.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Possibly. Possibly. I was chatting to Thomas McDonald earlier in
the week from the Spring Sheep Milk Company. They're the
sheep Milkers based out of the White Catto there there,
So there's you know, there's dozens, dozens and dozens of
New Zealand companies there, Formerllion people to show off to.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
Now, what's the heads up that Shane Jones has given
you here.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
On the gold I was hoping you wouldn't go to
that story, Heather. I was hoping you would give me
an opportunity to give the Canterbury Amp Show on a
shameless plug because Heather, for the first time I haven't
read the Shane Jones story. That's the other reason why
for the first time in ten years it's got Royal
Amp Show of New Zealand status. So you might remember

(02:14):
this used to be head and Shoulders, the biggest AMP
show in the country. If you weren't at the Canterbury
or the christ Church amp Show, Cup and Show Week,
it's happening next week you were nowhere. But it kind
of got a bit, had the wobbles and was canceled
for a couple of years. Sir David Carter, former Minister
of Agriculture, Speaker of the Houses, leading the charge. They're

(02:35):
trying to get back back to the good old days
on what amp shows were founded on, bringing the country
to town and celebrating quality livestock competitions. Look, they've got
displays of dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, equestrian the seven
hundred equestrians there. They've got a special wall related trade exhibit.
They've got the normal, the Staples sheep dog trial, sharing

(02:58):
Shetland pony racing, Clydesdale display as well as as well
as wood shopping and a sharing test between the South
Island and New South Wales and of course Heather the country.
That's us. We're there to launch Air twenty twenty five.
Mackaysa Pilsner with the Emerson's tiny pub and if you're
nice to me for the remainder of this month, in fact,

(03:18):
for the remainder of this calendar year, Heather, I'm going
to send you and bury some Christmas.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
I shall. I shall be nice to you. And also
I'm not pregnant this Christmas, so absolutely I'll be taking there.
Thanks very much, Jamie, look after yourself, Jammie MacKaye, our
host of the Country.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
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