Novex Group SRL are fully committed to our customers, and have been working hard for years to assist our valued clients in finding reliable and competitive suppliers/trading partners worldwide. In recent years a major emphasis for our clients and by extension Novex has been the strengthening of business relations between our clients in Australia and…
For anyone working within or dealing with the shipping industry, gaining a thorough understanding of International Commercial Terms, known in short as Incoterms, is absolutely vital. These Incoterms, published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), relate to international commercial law and are widely relied upon to ensure that all tasks, costs, and risks associated…
Italy’s export market experienced healthy growth during 2017, shipping USD 503.6 billion worth of goods worldwide; approximately 3.2% of total global exports. Of this figure, 63.7% of exports went to other European countries, while 17.1% of goods were exported to Asia and 10.9% to North America. China increased their spending with Italy by 24.6% over…
Recently we have had the pleasure of assisting a longstanding client with a rather interesting project, supplying samples of four different materials in different finishes for approval. The client was seeking a supply of granite and marble for use within a hotel development, which we sourced from four individual suppliers. This provided no extra hassle…
With international freight via container increasing at a rate of 2.5% per year, and with the ports of southern Italy being so close to shipping routes from Asia passing through the Suez canal, it’s no wonder that overland routes are becoming congested and alternative initiatives set in motion. Whereas in Germany for example more and…
Both Australian and New Zealand authorities have issued directives to Customs that all full containers from Italy should be fumigated as on inspections they have found a number of Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs, also known as Shield Bugs or Leaf Hoppers, presumably hibernating on or in containers from Italy. This only applies to containers arriving…
At Novex we pride ourselves on going above and beyond on behalf of clients old and new, regardless of their base location. Such is the case with one of our longstanding clients in Australia, for whom we have been sourcing products from Italy, Turkey, and The Netherlands for many years. Seeking to expand their operations,…
Here at Novex we pride ourselves on maintaining the same high standard regardless of the client, product type, location, and/or any unavoidable inconveniences or issues that may arise. For example, while our primary shipping routes pass through Singapore via the port at La Spezia, we make sure to source alternate means and routes which we…
Recently, the team at Novex had the pleasure of working with a client who, despite having visited various exhibitions in Dubai, Milan and Cologne and having successfully located a potential supplier who seemed to have the correct product at the right price to warrant selling to the construction industry throughout his country, was unfortunately no…
Recently, we here at Novex were presented with something of a challenge by one of our longstanding and respected customers, to aid them in increasing their product range to the baking and food service markets. Ordinarily this would present little issue, but given the serious frost damage that blighted crops earlier in the year, large-scale…