Datamyne’s Latin American data shows Pacific trade bloc’s commerce surpasses Mercosur’s MIAMI – June 12, 2013 - Datamyne, a leading provider of international market intelligence, has released two reports providing statistics on the 2012 import-export trade of Latin...
Spotlight on Pacific Alliance trade bloc casts unflattering light on Mercosur “While Pacific Alliance thrives, Mercosur withers,” headlines a recent Andres Oppenheimer opinion piece in the Miami Herald. The Pacific Alliance’s May 23 Cali summit, capped by an agreement...
Two of seven exporting countries studied are NOT providing countervailable subsidies; 62.74% duty for Malaysian imports. The US Department of Commerce has reported its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty investigation of seven countries exporting...
Key to success in exporting to CA: market research, careful planning and preparation. Datamyne blog anchor Bill Armbruster’s e-mail interview with the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA ) continues in this second installment covering Central...
Success story: US exports to CAFTA-DR partners have increased 79% through 2012. Datamyne blog anchor Bill Armbruster recently conducted an e-mail interview with the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA). This first installment focuses on US...
Unlike the Caribbean Basin Initiative, FTA doesn’t require renewal, gives preferential access to US goods - by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor. “You hafta have CAFTA,” was a mantra in trade circles during the mid-2000s as the Bush administration negotiated the Central...
Barriers to trade are falling fast in the LATAM bloc based on shared market philosophy, not shared borders. The presidents of the Pacific Alliance member nations – Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru – met in Cali, Colombia today to sign an agreement that will remove...
What you need to do before importing condoms – or any other Class II medical device – to the US | by Peter Quinter, guest columnist Many of you may think of a condom as a way to avoid pregnancy and protect against sexually transmitted diseases. But to a customs and...
The world’s second ranked producer of seafood goes after export market share. Indonesian seafood exporters are among the most sought company names in current searches of our US import trade data, accounting for 19 of the top 20 last month. (You can see the current top...
Retailers face tough choices after the latest Bangladesh factory tragedy. The collapse of the New Wave Style factory near Dhaka is being compared to New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire just over 100 years ago – a deadly industrial disaster that roused...
