Sentence examples for port trade from inspiring English sources

In 1986, the EC allowed the region to cast off the monopolist yoke of the largely British-run port trade and allow local wineries to produce own-label port wines, as well as fine reds and whites.

Even though Douro is largely a newcomer to the commercial table-wine business — which really got going in the 1990s, and is still sorting itself out — the network of vineyards supplying the port trade goes back centuries, providing the fundamental material for making distinctive wines that speak of the region and nowhere else.

By way of commodity flow, China has long established port trade relations with the Southeast Asian region.

3. Port Klang, Johor Port and Port Tanjung Pelepas are expected to experience loss in port trade revenue which directly impacts port revenue and profit.

The resulting sweet, heartwarming and highly potent wines were an immediate hit in the damp, chilly climes of northern Europe and hence was born the port trade.

"Each time a new generation comes along, there's the argument 'Oh is this going a little too far this time - is there enough port trade to justify this?'" he says.

Dordrecht, a major port, traded in wine and salt from France and herring from Norway.

By the 12th century, Southampton was an important trading port with trade routes to Normandy, the Levant and Gascony.

The port-trade and craftsmen zones were themselves separated by a fire control ditch with water flowing through it.

Under its unique status as an international free port, entrepôt trade, mainly with China, flourished until 1951, when a United Nations embargo on trade with China and North Korea drastically curtailed it.

By 1580 the town had become the chief East Prussian port for trade with England.