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...
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....
