Ports along the US West Coast may be losing market share their East Coast counterparts – led by the Port of New York and New Jersey, according to Port Technology. Port Technology has been tracking US import cargo throughput using Datamyne trade data. In...
Int’l Trade Policies an Econ Issue in Md. April 26 Primary
Presidential candidates in both parties are proposing changes to international trade policies that could have dramatic impacts on busy trade centers like Maryland. In advance of Maryland’s April 26 primary, the Maryland Reporter looks at the importance of trade to the...
Global Trade Taps Datamyne Stats on US Liquor Trade
Liquor delivered another year of growth in 2015, with domestic sales up 4.1%. One driver of growth has been the growing thirst for whiskeys, both the American varieties – Bourbon, Tennessee and Rye – and imported Irish whisky and Irish whisky. As Global Trade reports,...
Global Fastener News Taps Datamyne to Tally US Trade
After falling in December, US exports of iron and steel fasteners rebounded 7% in January of this year, with gains in shipments to NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico, as well as France, reports GlobalFastenerNews.com, based on its analysis of Datamyne trade data....
Port Technology Gauges West Coast Ports’ Rally with Datamyne Stats
The days of slow cargo volumes and operational struggles are long gone, as the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach saw big increases (42% and 32%, respectively) in container throughput this January compared with 2015’s, reports Port Technology, citing Datamyne port...
Will Green Energy Stoke Imports? IER Analyzes Datamyne Data
Reducing US dependence on foreign sources of energy is touted as one of the benefits of adopting wind and solar energy technologies. But, says IER, so-called green energy options require rare earth minerals and lithium for batteries, materials the US must import from...
EBN Probes Datamyne Import Data for Signs of Weak Economy
US shipping and inventory data – and what it may indicate about the state of the US economy – could dampen any optimism fueled by New Year’s celebration, writes B. Cameron Gain for EBN, online source for news and information about electronics supply chains. Datamyne...
Cigar Advisor Asks: Are You Ready to Buy Cuban Cigars Legally?
CigarAdvisor.com’s Gary Korb explains why he attended the Datamyne-NEXCO October 9th conference, Preparing for Trade with Cuba: “My primary reason for attending the conference was to learn about the process of doing business with Cuba, and from what I took away,...
Oil Glut Jams up Tankers in Gulf, ClipperData Tells CNN Money
It’s a traffic jam that might make drivers smile. As CNN Money’s Matt Egan reports, the oversupply of oil that has caused prices to crash is causing oil-laden tankers to pile up off the US Gulf Coast: there’s no place left ashore to put all that crude. ClipperData’s...
Esri Lifts the Veil on Cuban Trade with Datamyne Data
With the thaw in US-Cuba relations, Cuban trade deserved a fresh look, says the Esri Insider blog. So Esri, a leader in geographic information software (GIS), took Datamyne’s trade data and created a new story map that provides a clear view of the island nation’s...