The world’s top importers of intermediate goods from October to December 2022 were China, with $376 billion, and the United States, with $261 billion, the World Trade Organization (WTO) reported Monday. This was followed by Germany ($147 billion), Hong Kong ($97 billion), India ($81 billion), Japan ($75 billion)
Mexico‘s Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) preliminarily determined the absence of effective competition in the maritime transportation of passengers and roll-on/roll-off cargo in Baja California Sur. In this regard, the market is composed of two services. Maritime transportation Two primary services define this market: roll-on/roll-off cargo transportation (STMC)
Australia displaced Canada as the world leader in canola exports in 2022, with 4,927 million dollars, a year-on-year growth of 123 percent. Meanwhile, Canadian external sales of this product were $4,397 million, down 14 percent over 2021. Other major exporters of canola, also called rapeseed, were Ukraine, Belgium
The U.S. retail carbonated soft drink category grew 14% during 2022 and the ginger ale segment increased 13%, according to Reed’s, Inc. Now the ginger ale segment is a $1.5 billion market. Reed’s believes the growth of ginger ale is primarily due to consumers perceiving it as a
The three prominent factors that reduced new vehicle purchases in the U.S. are the shortage of semiconductor chips, the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 related blockades that shut down factories in China. As a point of reference, new vehicle purchases in the U.S. market in 2022, at
Today, 90% of the U.S. trucking industry is made up of small, independent carriers that own five trucks or fewer. Nearly 1 million owner-operators own a single truck. Historically, carriers have found it prohibitively expensive to work directly with these small carriers because of the difficulties and delays