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Grains Jul, 13, 2022 0

Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, U.N. to meet on grain exports

Military delegations from Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey will meet U.N. officials in Istanbul on Wednesday to discuss a possible deal to resume safe exports of Ukraine grain from the major…
Grains Jul, 13, 2022 0

China to sign quarantine agreement on Brazilian corn

China will complete the signing of the quarantine agreement for imports of Brazilian corn and peanuts and soybeans from Malawi as part of its diversification of grain imports, said Li…
Trade Regulations Jul, 11, 2022 0

Fertilizers: Ukraine eliminates nitrogen export quotas

The government of Ukraine reduced the volume of the export quota for mineral fertilizers from 210,000 quarterly tons to zero. The decision applies to the external sale of nitrogen-based mineral…
Maersk container
Environment and Sustainability 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…
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…