Is China’s polysilicon investigation just a retaliatory move – or does it open a new issue? China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) last week announced the launch of antidumping and countervailing investigations into solar-grade polysilicon imports from the US. China...
Datamyne to Debut New Product Version for Libraries at SLA 2012
MIAMI – July 15, 2012 – Datamyne announced that a new version of its Datamyne 2.0 trade data product, designed expressly for academic and business libraries, will be unveiled at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference & Info-Expo in Chicago, July...
US, China Trade Tit for Tat
US files WTO complaint against Chinese tariffs on American-made automobiles The Obama Administration has challenged China’s antidumping and countervailing duties on cars manufactured in the US with a request for “dispute settlement consultations” at the World Trade...
Mexico’s Exports Fuel GDP
Here are Mexico’s top 10 exports and export destinations in 1st quarter 2012, compared to 2010-11. Mexico’s economy is outpacing Brazil’s, thanks to exports.
A Better-Balanced CBP Regulation
Intent is to protect the rights of trademark holders and legitimate importers by Peter Quinter, guest columnist Finally, after years of debate, on April 24 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) amended its regulations regarding the detention and seizure of suspected...
Scaling up for a Bigger Panamax
Prospects for new services are driving investment at East, Gulf Coast ports by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor East and Gulf Coast ports are investing billions of dollars in dredging and shoreside infrastructure so they will be able to handle the larger vessels...
COOL Shrimp? Consumers Shrug
Buyers seem indifferent to country-of-origin labeling, say USDA researchers This is counter-intuitive. The US Department of Agriculture reports that its researchers have been unable to detect any shift in the pattern of consumers’ purchases of shrimp from 1998 through...
Guar Is Thicker than Water
In demand for fracking, supplies of the Asian beans are thin on the ground The new “black gold” isn’t oil, but guar, a bean whose seeds are made into a gum used to thicken sauces, ice cream, yogurts – and now “proppants,” the materials that are forced into fractured...
Datamyne 2.0 now delivers multi-faceted Profiles of companies in US import trade
Datamyne Profiles includes D&B D-U-N-S® Number* ID; stock ticker symbol; Jigsaw contacts, wiki; social media; news; more … MIAMI – June 12, 2012 – Datamyne is launching a new feature available with its web-based Datamyne 2.0 international business intelligence...
Brazilian Spirit
Cachaça is in a class by itself, USTR says (and, please, don’t call it rum) UK distiller Diageo is set to pay $450 million to Ypióca Agroindustrial Limitada to acquire the leading premium cachaça brand, Ypióca, the Financial Times reports. The acquisition, Diageo...



