It’s on menus everywhere, but is tilapia good for you? Americans ate 475 million pounds of tilapia last year the New York Times reports, citing US Department of Agriculture statistics. The so-called “aquatic chicken” tastes bland and, just like chicken cutlets, works...
Burnishing Your Trade Credentials
Trade association programs can add luster to your resume and improve your job performance by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor One of the mantras of the past few years has been that job hunters can improve their prospects by getting trained in new fields. In many cases,...
Following Glencore
Trade data can shed light on a low-profile company’s x-border commerce Back on April 7, we took a look at what Datamyne trade data can reveal about Colombia’s consumption of US exports. We noticed then, but didn’t comment on, the fact that three of Colombia’s top five...
Top Pick: Chilean Fresh Grapes
New report from Datamyne covers players, trends in a leading US-Chile trade sector The Chilean Fresh Fruit Exporters Association (ASOEX) is projecting growth in exports for the 2010-11 season: from a 2% increase in apples to a 40% boost for kiwifruit, to a whopping...
Selling Med Equipment in Brazil
How to break into South America’s biggest market The US Commercial Service is offering a webinar on the Brazilian market for medical equipment that will survey the overall opportunity and best prospects for US exporters as well as the details of registering...
Three Dirty Words, Left Unsaid
CBP Commissioner’s speech sticks to the business of trade by Peter Quinter, guest columnist At the annual meeting of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 4, US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan...
Datamyne 2.0 Beta
Searching trade data just got easy Datamyne’s new product – Datamyne 2.0, featuring enhanced research capabilities and a simplified user interface – will be available in beta beginning Monday, April 11. People who’ve had a chance to preview the product particularly...
Scoping out Colombia
Trade data provides details of this market for US exports Now that the long-pending US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) is gaining some traction, US companies are sizing up the potential for doing business after the barriers to US exports come down. Always a...
Who’s Open for Business?
World Bank’s annual report is a treasure trove of free information by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor Want to know how many documents it takes to ship a container to China? Or the cost of export compliance in Brazil? Then check out the World Bank’s annual Doing Business...
Chile Lets in US Beef
US Trade Rep reports success in lowering trade barriers Just in time for the second annual issue of the US Trade Representative’s reports on efforts to lower barriers to US exports, Chile agreed to end its ban on US beef and beef products, imposed in 2003 after a US...