Grain-oriented electrical steel -- (GOES M3) – continued its price slide in June against smaller import volumes, and despite a higher domestic surcharge, reports MetalMiner. Noting that the demand for certain types of steel has created shortages of some materials,...
US apparel imports posted a 1.77% gain in April over March, but were down -4.94% compared with the same month a year ago, our data shows. Hard to call April’s positive result the start of a rebound: As Sourcing Journal reports, weak demand and muted growth remain the...
The US Department of Commerce just released its final decision in its investigations into charges of dumping and illegal government subsidization of corrosion-resistant (CORE) steel from China, India, Italy, South Korea and Taiwan. But preliminary (and slightly...
The American Journal of Transportation – AJOT – reports that Kerry Logistics has completed its US acquisition of a majority stake in APEX Maritime and its affiliates. APEX ranks among the top three non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs) in Asia-to-US import...
“One thing investors like about embattled multi-level marketer Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) is that it has lots of overseas business,” writes Orion Research’s Christine Richard in Seeking Alpha. However, all that overseas activity can make it hard to follow where and...
Approximately 37.5% of imports to the US were contracted by non-vessel operating common carriers in first quarter 2016, American Shipper reports, citing data from Datamyne. The first-quarter share is “a bump up from 2014’s share of 36.0 percent and a 10 percentage...
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., maintained the first and second spots, respectively, as the leading US ports despite labor unrest, reports FoodLogistics.com, citing highlights from Datamyne’s Port Report 2015, profiling the top 20 maritime ports of...
The Latin American economy’s recession could deepen if China’s economy slows much more, says the International Monetary Fund in a new report that marks down already gloomy forecasts for the region. Brazil, Latin America’s biggest economy, is a drag on the entire...
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...
Free report profiles the top US ports of entry for maritime imports MIAMI, FL—(April 27, 2016) - Datamyne (www.datamyne.com), a leading provider of web-based international market intelligence, has released its annual US Port Report ranking the top 20 US ports by...
