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...
Top Searches 2012: Turkey
The most often-sought country topped rankings 9 out of 12 months last year Each month, Datamyne shares the top 10 most-frequently used “country,” “product,” and “company” names in searches of its US import database in the preceding month. Right now, you can find...
Sandy Throttles Grey Goose
NJ is cut off from vodka as post-hurricane gasoline shortages persist in NY While New Jersey has ended the rationing of gasoline, in short supply after Hurricane Sandy closed the Port of New York-New Jersey, New York City drivers are still observing an even-odd gas...
Take a Quick Look @ Mercosur Trade in 2011
FREE report tallies members’ imports, exports, trade partners The year-end 2011 import-export trade data is in on Mercosur's four founding members – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. We’ve put the highlights together in a FREE downloadable report, that covers...
“From Tierra del Fuego to Tijuana”
FTAs open markets to US exporters From the Washington Post: The long delayed free trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama “give US an economic boost.” Since US markets were already open to Colombia, the big change under the new FTA is that Colombian markets...
Japan’s Chemical Reaction
Trade data captures disruptions in Japan’s organic chemicals exports In our last follow-up on Japan’s triple disaster in March (“Gauging Japan Disaster’s Impact”), we quoted Port of Long Beach spokesman Art Wong on the repercussions for container trade: “Ships take...
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...
Free Report: Fresh Grapes from Peru
Datamyne Tops in Trade Report covers a leading source for U.S. wintertime grapes As the U.S. moves into winter, imports of grapes and other fresh fruits shift into high gear. As noted in Fresh from the Southern Hemisphere, most U.S. imported fresh grapes come from...
Free Report: Bamboo Flooring
Top sources, consignees, carriers, ports for U.S. imports of the product from China Last week, we wrote about how it can take time for the Harmonized System of tariff codes to catch up with new-to-market products – our case in point: bamboo flooring, which was...