11 de Julio, 2025

The US pet supplies market is highly fragmented, with approximately 2,500 manufacturers, according to Packaged Facts. These manufacturers consist primarily of small companies with limited product lines. But most of these manufacturers do not have a captive sales and logistics network and rely on companies like Central Garden

The beer market in Chile is highly competitive, characterized by a wide range of beers, both locally produced and imported, according to Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU). In particular, CCU’s biggest competitor in the beer business is Cervecería Chile (a subsidiary of Ambev S.A.), which started operations in Chile

Preliminary estimates indicate that the world’s banana exports, excluding plantain (pink banana or male banana), reached a new record of 22.2 million tons (Mt) in 2020, an increase of 1.7% year-on-year, according to a FAO and OECD report. In particular, strong supply growth in Ecuador, Costa Rica and

In today’s global economy, 70% of international trade involves global value chains (GVC), according to a publication released by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The GVC trade is characterized by services, raw materials and parts and components that cross borders, often many times, to be incorporated into final

The increase in the prices of raw materials was the main explanatory factor for the rebound in exports from Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021, highlighted a report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The economic recovery, driven in part by fiscal and monetary stimuli in advanced

Production in most OECD countries has exceeded its level at the end of 2019 and is converging on its pre-pandemic path. But, according to that international body, lower-income economies, particularly those where vaccination rates are low, run the risk of being left behind. In these nations the unevenness

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