Imported bananas lead the world’s international fresh fruit trade, both in terms of volume and value. At the same time, according to a 2022 publication by The Packer, bananas were the most popular item in the produce section, purchased by 63% of U.S. consumers in the last 12
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) described some of the most relevant trends related to reshoring and friend-shoring processes in the world. Increasingly, companies and policymakers are looking for strategies to relocate production processes to trusted countries with like-minded policy preferences to make supply chains less vulnerable to geopolitical
As of December 31, 2022, largest customers of Embraer for its E-Jet by number of aircraft in service were SkyWest, Republic, Envoy Air, Azul, Mesa, KLM, JetBlue, Aeromexico, LOT Polish, Tianjin and Horizon Air. In addition, as of December 31, 88.9% of its firm order backlog for the
The reform to Mexico‘s Mining Law approved by the Chamber of Deputies, but still pending ratification in the Senate, is of concern to the Canadian government. This was stated by Mary Ng, Canada’s Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, to Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, Raquel
Through a newly established network of private financial intermediaries, the World Bank’s Rural Finance Expansion Project increased the availability of financing for rural SMEs in areas where Mexico‘s commercial banks have been unable to reach local producers. Limited access to finance is a bottleneck to growth and poverty
The Mexican banking system is comprised of Banco de México (Banxico), commercial banks, development banks and public trusts created by the federal government for economic development that carry out financial activities, as well as banking self-regulatory bodies. Pursuant to the Law of Credit Institutions (LIC), public trusts for