Global oil, food and coal prices have fallen, but remain substantially higher than before the pandemic. According to Brazil‘s Petrobras, the conflict in Ukraine has led to continued disruption of supply chains (but less than in 2022), mainly in European energy markets, leading to higher energy prices (alternatives
The global airline industry will increase its profits from $23.3 billion in 2023 to $25.7 billion in 2024, predicts the International Air Transport Association (IATA). What is IATA? A trade association made up of airlines and air cargo carriers that was founded in 1945 and has 290 airlines
Mexico and India ranked among the top countries with the most asylum applications to Canada in 2023, according to data from the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Applications from citizens of Mexico totaled 23,910, followed by those from citizens of India (11,285), Nigeria (9,155), Turkey (6,385)
Mexico and Brazil were the world’s largest papaya exporters in 2023, followed by Guatemala, the United States and the Netherlands. In that year, Mexican foreign sales of papaya were 123.7 million dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 1.4%, according to data from the Ministry of Economy. Previously, exports of
China, the European Union and Brazil were placed as the largest pork producers in 2023 and will remain so in 2024, according to forecasts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA). At the top, China produced 57 million 940,000 tons in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 4.6 percent. The
The United States recorded a 63.1% decrease in its imports of gallium from China in 2023, to 690 million dollars, affected by control measures on Chinese exports of this metal. With this, China went from being the first supplier of this chemical element in the U.S. market in