by Descartes Datamyne | Mar 25, 2011 | Imports, Markets, Trade Data, Trade Policy
Governments issue orders to test or suspend imports As Japan reports radioactive contamination of plant and animal foodstocks in the prefectures nearest the still-to-be-contained nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi, countries around the world are moving to block...
by Descartes Datamyne | Mar 21, 2011 | Imports, Trade Data, Trade Policy
Radiation fears cause shortages of iodine, drive demand for seaweed While the struggle to stabilize the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plants goes on, reports are coming in from Brooklyn – more than 6,600 miles away from the threat of radiation release – that upscale...
by Descartes Datamyne | Mar 18, 2011 | Imports, Resources, Trade Policy
The FDA goes after short-weighted, water-logged, misbranded seafood by Peter Quinter, guest columnist In 2010, Americans consumed almost six billion pounds of seafood. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for ensuring that the nation’s food supply,...
by Descartes Datamyne | Mar 18, 2011 | Imports, Trade Data, Trade Policy
Some US companies are siding with China in this USITC antidumping case The US International Trade Commission (USITC) is nearing preliminary determinations in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into multilayered wood flooring from China, the Wall...
by Descartes Datamyne | Mar 16, 2011 | Press Releases
MIAMI – March 16, 2011 – Datamyne, a leading provider of international market intelligence, announced the latest expansion of its database: import-export trade records of Panama and Paraguay. In January, Datamyne added data assets covering the import-export trade of...
