Add climate change to the factors that shape global trade. Along with exchange rates, costs of production, availability of raw materials and market demand, a change in climate can redirect trade flows, raise the price of trade goods and create openings for new...
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...
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,...
Latin America’s economy is moving at two speeds, according to BBVA, with the Pacific Alliance gaining ground as Mercosur, the Common Market of the South, slips into reverse in 2015 and on into 2016. In its first-quarter 2016 outlook, the Spanish bank lowers its...
No fooling: if you favor plain vanilla, your ice cream cone may cost you more this summer, thanks to pricey vanilla beans. Blame it on last year’s bad crop in Madagascar. As Eater reports, demand for vanilla (among spices, second only to saffron in price) is up while...
New data finds that the early-2015 import slump at West Coast ports have bounced back in 2016 MIAMI, FL—(March 29, 2016) - Datamyne (www.datamyne.com), a leading provider of web-based international market intelligence, finds that US import volumes, measured in TEUs,...
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....
The copper down cycle has taken a big bite out of the profits of Japan’s trading companies. This morning, Mitsubishi Corp., Japan’s biggest trading house, announced ¥430 billion (US$3.8 billion) in write downs on a list of commodities assets, starting with...
West Coast ports cargo volumes continued their rebound in February, our bill-of-lading trade data shows. Port of Los Angeles import volumes, measured in TEUs (or 20-foot equivalent units), were up 48% in February compared with the same month a year ago. The top ranked...
New online Weekly delivers fresh, granular data on inbound coffee shipments – 7 to 14 days ahead of GCA numbers Miami – March 16, 2016 – Datamyne, a top provider of web-based international business intelligence, is unveiling its new Coffee Import Weekly at this year’s...
