B2C E-Commerce has benefitted from the growth of the middle class in Brazil, but consumers from lower income groups also have begun to be comfortable shopping online. There were over 40 million online shoppers in Brazil in H1 2013, with the ...
Tags: Online Market, Apparel
The Brazilian government has launched an antidumping (AD) duty investigation regarding seamless pipes with external diameter ranging from 3 mm to 141.3 mm imported from China, upon the complaint filed by Brazil-based pipe producer Vallourec ...
Tags: Brazil, antidumping, duty, investigation, Chinese, seamless pipe
Local Brazilian news outlets reported Monday that the government has given Vale until the end of this week to accept or reject the terms of a tax amnesty program that would allow the company to almost halve a $14 billion debt and pay it ...
Tags: Brazil, Vale, opportunity, Halve Government, debt
China is expanding its scope in looking for energy resources in foreign assets, participating actively in the international oil and gas market to ensure the domestic supply is driven by economic growth. China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, ...
Tags: Gas Sources, Oil Sources
Amsterdam-based financial services conglomerate ING has agreed to dispose of its 11.3% direct stake in Sul América, to Swiss Re Group, as part of its plans to further shrink its stake in the Brazilian insurer. As per the terms ...
Research Frontiers Inc. and Brazilian architectural glass fabricator Mecanica de Vidros Industria E Comercio Ltda. (MDV Glass) have announced that MDV Glass has been licensed by Research Frontiers to offer SPD-Smart architectural products ...
According to Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), the Brazilian steel industry expects to increase its production in Brazil in 2014. The CEO of IABr, Mr. Marco Polo de Mello Lopes said the industry is still working on the outlook for next year, ...
Tags: Brazil Steel, Mineral
In response to the requirement of the Brazilian government on local manufacturing, JAC recently announces to increase its capital in its Brazilian plant “JAC Motors Brasil” which makes it a joint venture that is engaged in ...
According to statistics released by the Brazilian foreign trade ministry, Mdic, the country’s imports of seamless steel tubes totaled 13,428 tons in October, soaring by 68% from 7,974 tons in September. In October, China was the ...
Tags: Seamless Steel Tubes, Mineral
It is reported that after a failed expansion plan, Japan's Itochu Corp., has blueprinted to keep its shares in a Brazilian iron-ore venture with Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (CSN), the largest fully integrated steel producer in Brazil and ...
Tags: Iron-Ore Venture, Mineral
It’s reported that Brazilian aluminum producer Alloys & Metals Reciclagem de Metais plans to save its cost at its operations in Para State by building a plant. The plant mainly works for reprocessing liquid metal. Alloys & Metals ...
Rosselkhoznadzor, a Russian veterinary and phytosanitary service (VPSS), has lifted ban on beef imports from Brazilian slaughterhouses JBS, Marfrig Alimentos and Mataboi Alimentos. In October, the country had suspended meat imports from ...
Tags: veterinary, phytosanitary service
The Brazilian Government is still studying and discerning as to what action it would be taking against the US for the non-payment of compensation to Brazilian cotton producers who were affected by the agricultural subsidies of the country, ...
Tags: Cotton, Subsidy Issue
Research Frontiers Inc. (Nasdaq:REFR) and Brazilian architectural glass fabricator Mecanica de Vidros Industria E Comercio Ltda. ("MDV Glass") announced today that MDV Glass has been licensed by Research Frontiers to offer SPD-Smart ...
The Ministry of Agriculture of Paraguay (MAG) has announced plans to review the Government’s plan for cotton in the country, and add new dynamics to implement the cotton campaign successfully. According to a statement issued ...