Italy’s standing among the top-ranked countries of origin for US footwear imports rests on pricier, higher-end brand products, Datamyne’s bill-of-lading data shows. Almost all footwear bought by US consumers is imported, with China far and away the leading source –...
Vietnam’s Opportunity: Squandered but Not Yet Lost
American Shipper traces how Vietnam’s once promising container future was scuttled by poor port planning and an ill-timed economic downturn. Trade statistics from Datamyne establish that there has been growth in US containerized imports from Vietnam, it’s not been the...
What Brazil Is Buying
Cotton and ethanol leap into Brazil’s top 5 imports from the US by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor China has roared past the US to become Brazil’s top trade partner, but the US is still the top exporter to the Latin American giant, and those exports – plus the US surplus...
PanaMAX (or mini) Prospects?
A bigger canal still faces competition from the Suez, rail by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor The Panama Canal will become a more viable option for trade between Asia and the eastern U.S. after the waterway’s expansion is completed in 2014, but I question whether it will...
Certifiably Sustainable Seafood
WWF’s Aquaculture Dialogues yield standards for farming tilapia and pangasius Just before Christmas, the WWF (World Wildlife Federation) released news that tilapia farmed in Indonesia and Honduras will be placed in a brand-new category within its seafood guide:...
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Your eco-friendly, reusable shopping bag may be loaded with lead Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) yesterday called on federal agencies to police reusable shopping bags that contain unacceptably high levels of lead, getting out ahead of a story that’s been developing for...
A Cassava by Any Other Name
Yuca, manioc, tapioca … it’s still one versatile tuber Cassava (manihot esculenta) is getting a lot of attention as a pro-poor biofuel that could be a comer in the international ethanol market. But the tropical plant’s starchy root has myriad uses and figures...
15 Years After …
… diplomatic ties set the stage for U.S.-Vietnam trade partnership Earlier this week, the U.S. and Vietnam marked the 15th anniversary of the diplomatic ties that normalized relations between the countries and set the stage for 2001’s Bilateral Trade Agreement...
Datamyne Top 5 U.S. Imports from Vietnam
The U.S. and Vietnam this month mark the 15th anniversary of diplomatic ties ... the start of a beautiful trading friendship. Here's a statistical view of one segment of the trade.
U.S. Exports Up 16.9% January-April 2010
Pace of growth would double exports in five years The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im Bank) is trumpeting government statistics that indicate U.S. exports of goods and services increased by 16.9% in the first four months of 2010. At this pace, the U.S. is on...