The United States Chamber of Commerce urged the publication of the final procedural guide on labor complaints under the Agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada (USMCA). On this and other points, through a letter, the United States Chamber of Commerce asked the following questions to the
Mining production contributed 81.1% of world silver supply in 2020, according to information from Fresnillo plc. The world’s silver supply comes mainly from two sources: mining production; and recycled scrap. In 2020, mining production contributed 8.1% of the total silver supply, with scrap contributing 18.8% and the rest
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that Mexico has reduced its livestock inventories due to the drought. By boat soon, ranching appears to be the agricultural activity that makes the most headlines in Mexico, as farmers announce reductions in animal inventories of 40 percent in Sonora
FAO forecasts that world rice trade will expand 5.6% in 2021, to 48.0 million tonnes. Rice is the main staple food of about half of the world’s population. Although grown in more than 100 countries and on almost every continent, 90% of the world’s rice is grown and
The peso closed with a weekly depreciation of 3.56% or 70.7 cents, trading around 20.58 pesos per dollar, being the highest depreciation since the week ended September 25, 2020. The exchange rate touched a minimum of 19.8388 and a maximum of 20.7488 pesos per dollar, a level not
The Drewry Container Port Performance Index rose to its highest level of 140.8 in March globally. With this, it showed a gain close to 16% compared to February 2021 and more than 12% above the 125.4 points registered in March 2020. Measured in volume, with a fall of