Confectionery, food and beverage company Mondelez International profiled the snack food market with a recent survey. As a result, it concluded that 80% of consumers look for snacks to improve physical (80%) and emotional (80%) health alike. In addition, 85% eat at least one snack for sustenance and
PPG Industries, a global provider of paints, coatings and specialty materials, projects that coatings sales will increase worldwide by 2022. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, the company recorded net sales of 16,802 million dollars in 2021, which represented a growth of 21.5% compared to 2020 and 10.9%
China reduced its steel production at a year-on-year rate of 3% in 2021, to 1,032.8 million tons, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). Worldwide, steel production was 1,950.5 million tons, an advance of 3.7%, at an annual rate. According to a World Trade Organization (WTO) report, China’s
China has established 105 cross-border e-commerce pilot zones in five tranches, according to a World Trade Organization (WTO) report. China has also provided guidance to local authorities to build testing labs for new ideas and has promoted business model innovation. Meanwhile, given the characteristics of small transaction volume
The United States reactivated, as of this Friday, avocado exports from Mexico, after six days of preventing those shipments. Thus, fresh Mexican Hass avocados from Michoacán will once again enter the United States duty-free. Producers pay the Association of Producers and Packers Exporters of Avocado of Mexico (APEAM)
US pistachio exports will have a year-on-year growth of 23.6% in the 2021-2022 season, to 290,000 tons, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected. Regarding the US production of pistachios, this would total 523,227 tons in the same commercial cycle, an advance of 10.4%, at an annual