The coffee sector has expanded significantly in the past two decades as global coffee demand increased by 65%, highlighted a report by the International Trade Center (ITC). Overall, the main driver of growth has been increased consumption in emerging economies and coffee-producing countries. Where are the business opportunities?
Car exports from Mexico (light vehicles) totaled 195,294 units in September, a decrease of 24.2% at the annual rate. Thus, external sales accumulated 2,014,639 vehicles, an increase of 9.6%, informed Inegi this Wednesday. Within the global data for September, the largest year-on-year falls corresponded to Mazda (-55.7%, to
A total of 56 multinational companies affiliated to the Executive Council of Global Companies (CEEG) spoke out against the presidential initiative for electricity reform in Mexico. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador already presented this Friday a constitutional reform initiative for the electricity industry in which he proposes that
General Motors recorded a 73% year-on-year drop in its light vehicle production in September, to 20,619 units, Inegi reported on Wednesday. With this result, the accumulated production of General Motors in the first nine months of the year was 426,254 vehicles, a reduction of 19.3% per year. A
China has invested about $ 150 billion in the semiconductor industry, said Katherine Tai, the US trade representative. “We also see troubling dynamics playing out today with the semiconductor industry. In 2014, China issued an industrial plan to announce the goal of establishing a world-leading semiconductor industry by
The United States government reported that it will assess some import taxes that it charges on imports from China. To do this, the United States Trade Representation (USTR) will hold a public consultation from October 12 to December 1. The USTR will then review the public comments and