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Automotive Mar, 12, 2019 0

Hyundai plans to invest US$32m in SP plant

The South Korean carmaker, Hyundai Motor Co., has announced plans to expand production in Brazil to meet local demands. The company intends to increase production by 14% from 180,000 units…
Meat Mar, 12, 2019 0

Santa Catarina registers a 30% increase in pork and poultry exports

After a slow start to the year, Santa Catarina’s poultry exports reached 861,000 tons in February, while the state exported 27,900 tons of pork in the same period. The combined…
Grains Mar, 11, 2019 0

Argentine soymeal factories take the brunt of trade war and taxes

Many Argentine soy crushing plants in Rosario have been shut down or downsized due to the Washington-Beijing trade spat. Argentina, once the world’s largest exporter of soyoil and soymeal, is…
Automotive Mar, 08, 2019 0

Volkswagen vies to fill Ford’s production gap while Lifan closes in Uruguay

Ford’s decision to close down heavy-truck production in Brazil is proving to be a stroke of serendipity for its German rival, Volkswagen. According to Exame, Volkswagen is currently using 40% of…
Ports and Terminals Mar, 07, 2019 0

Government reinforces dates for concessions

Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, tweeted this morning (see below) the decision to call an auction for six port areas, located in the Port of Vila do Conde and in the…
Tradelane Graphs Mar, 07, 2019 0

DataLiner Brazil Tradelane Graphs | Jan 2012 to Jan 2019 (TEU)

Brazil’s Mediterranean and Black Sea Tradelane exports reached 23,255 TEU in January 2019, down 5.6% year-on-year, while imports also dropped 12.2% to 20,311 TEU in the same period, YoY. In…
Uruguay's grain prospect - Barley
Grains Feb, 21, 2019 0

Grass is greener for Uruguay’s grain

China’s General Administration of Customs has announced it is now allowing imports of Uruguay’s corn and barley, from the 18th of February, as long as the cargo meets the country’s quarantine…
New Ford trucks are at the parking lot of São bernado do Campo plant
Automotive Feb, 20, 2019 0

Ford exits heavy commercial truck production in South America

Ford will close its oldest Brazilian factory in São Bernardo do Campo and shut down its heavy truck business in South America as part of the company’s restructuring program. The…
Brazil lashes back at EU's Protectionist Measure
Steel and Aluminium Feb, 19, 2019 0

EU-Brazil trade war kicks off

Brazil has requested compensation from the European Union (EU) over import tariffs imposed on steel earlier this month according to a  government statement. The government has also notified the World…
Economy Feb, 19, 2019 0

Brazil returns nine fruit trucks from Argentina

In the first 45 days of 2019, Brazil intercepted nine Argentine fruit trucks due to the discovery of Carpocapsa moths in the cargo. The rejections are a blow to the regional…