U.S. retail e-commerce is the second largest in the world, with estimated revenues of $870.8 billion in 2021. In the United States, e-commerce accounts for approximately 12.5% of physical goods trade, i.e., business-to-business and business-to-consumer sales taken together, according to U.S. government data. A small number of online
The United States, Germany and China led the way among the world’s largest car importers in 2022, according to data from the World Trade Organization (WTO). On 2021, auto imports to the United States grew 13.7 percent in 2022, while the corresponding imports from Germany rose 0.3 percent
The United States maintains its embargo on imports of yellowfin tuna from nations whose large purse seiners catch tuna in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) unless the catching nation obtains an affirmative finding from NOAA Fisheries. This is under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Belonging to
Brazil is the leading exporter of soybeans, poultry, beef, sugar and coffee, and the second largest exporter of corn and cotton, according to World Trade Organization (WTO) data. In addition, Brazil’s long-standing agribusiness competitiveness and the trend of its production and exports have been supported by sustained investments
Cemex, Mexico‘s leading cement company, reported that it operates with 33 percent clean electricity consumption in its cement plants. By 2030, Cemex aims to more than double the current consumption of clean electricity in cement, to 65 percent. This goal will require a combination of plant-specific solutions and
Coca-Cola FEMSA produced and sold approximately 11.5% of the Coca-Cola system’s volume worldwide in 2022, up from its 11% coverage in 2021. Overall, the company is the beverage market leader in most of the countries where it operates, being the world’s largest franchised bottler of Coca-Cola-branded products by