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Environment Jul, 07, 2022 0

Maersk steps down from ICS board citing lobby group’s lack of green ambition

In a slap to its position as the authoritative, unified voice on all matters of shipping, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has seen Maersk, one of the most famous…
Grains Jul, 07, 2022 0

Export restrictions affect 17% of global food trade

According to the latest figures, export restrictions have been imposed on nearly a fifth of the global food trade as countries respond to the food security crisis exacerbated by Russia’s…
Other Cargo Jul, 07, 2022 0

Companies from Egypt, Brazil sign fertilizer agreement

Egypt-based firms Egyptian Financial & Industrial Co. (EFIC) and Suez Company for Fertilizer Production (SCFP) signed a contract for selling their fertilizer products in Brazil via Brazil’s Prime for Import…
importação trigo - wheat import
Trade Regulations Jul, 07, 2022 0

India restricts flour exports due to global wheat shortage

India will impose restrictions on the export of flour in a new attempt to help the domestic market in the face of the global wheat crisis. Wheat grain exports fell…
lítio / lithium
Trade Regulations Jul, 06, 2022 0

Presidential decree allows lithium trade with no prior authorization

President Jair Bolsonaro issued a decree allowing lithium import and export and derivatives. According to the text, published in the Official Brazilian Gazette on Wednesday (6), operations will not be…
Trade Regulations Jul, 06, 2022 0

Mining company loses legal battle over asbestos exports

At the end of June, Sama Minerações, a subsidiary of Eternit (leader in the roofing market), was defeated in a legal incursion against the Public Ministry of Labor and the…
Other Cargo Jul, 05, 2022 0

Textile yarn importers, producers quarrel amid trade rules controversy

Producers of textured polyester yarns in Brazil and importers are fighting each other amid the trade defense investigation opened last year by the Ministry of Economy’s Undersecretariat of Commercial Defense…
Other Cargo Jul, 04, 2022 0

Import restrictions become cause for concern among Brazilian shoemaker

The new payment rules geared toward imports established by the Argentine government worry the footwear sector. The neighboring country is the second-largest importer of Brazilian footwear, behind the United States.…
Brazilian automotive industry / ANFAVEA
Automotive Jul, 01, 2022 0

Brazil, Argentina strike deal to facilitate motor vehicle trade

In June, Brazil and Argentina concluded the negotiation of a type-approval mutual recognition agreement geared toward motor vehicles, which will be signed in July by the authorities of both countries.…
Trade Regulations Jun, 29, 2022 0

EU strikes deal to consume less commodities linked to deforestation

On June 28, the European Council, the body that sets the political agenda of the European Union (EU), agreed upon a proposal to limit the entry and export of commodities…