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Brazil’s tumbling textile exports to Venezuela may fall further if the country is suspended from the south American trading bloc, Mercosur next month. (December, 2016) 

According to World Bank data, Brazil’s textile and clothing exports to Venezuela peaked in 2011 at USD90.3 million but have been falling steadily ever since.…

PAKISTAN’S denim export industry hopes that help for the textile announced by the government in February (exemption from paying sales tax and payment of long overdue tax refunds) and in a meeting with industry leaders in September (a promised reduction in energy costs) will boost this promising segment.…

PERSONAL care product and cosmetics manufacturers are continuing to invest in sustainable materials – such as responsibly-sourced cardboard and bio-plastics. Indeed, such green alternatives can boost sales in markets where consumers are increasingly concerned with the environmental impact of products. But packagers still face challenges in ensuring these meet the standards of their clients, particularly in premium sectors.…

BIG data in the world of commerce can have a mercenary aspect, telling companies detailed information about potential customers, to target them with offers to increase revenue.

But it is not the whole story.

In civil aviation, big data can also improve safety, efficiency and reduce carbon emissions, Marco Merens, chief, integrated aviation analysis, at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) air navigation bureau told Jane’s Airport Review.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has called on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to establish a disputes panel to rule on its claims that Colombia is breaking global trade rules over Colombia’s alleged “discriminatory treatment” of imported spirits.

Colombia taxes spirits with an alcohol-by-volume (abv) content of more than 35% at Colombian Pesos COP487 (USD0.17) per degree of alcohol, compared to those with 35% abv or less – charged at COP297 (USD0.10) per degree of alcohol.…

South America’s cosmetics and personal care sector is looking to bounce back from a slowdown caused by the region’s macroeconomic troubles, but political pressures and regional trade alliances are driving individual country markets down divergent paths.

Over the last year, countries across the region have been buffeted by economic turmoil that has had a knock-on impact on the cosmetics sector.…

OVER the last decade, Colombia has taken significant strides towards establishing a robust anti-money laundering system to detect the billions of dollars of criminal profits that flood its financial system. But one result has been the migration of money laundering networks away from hiding the origins of bank deposits and cash to trade-based money laundering.…

The leaked Panama Papers exposed the shadowy dealings of Panama’s offshore banking sector, but this is only the tip of the iceberg for a country that has become one of the centres of commercial crime in the Americas. James Bargent reports.…

The emergence of Brazil as a major economic power and highly promising market of 200 million inhabitants is luring Mauritian textile producers to foray further in Latin America’s largest national market. Indeed, despite Brazil’s ongoing economic recession, Mauritian textile and clothing exports to the country have more than quadrupled since 2012, according to trade promotion body Enterprise Mauritius.…

A decline in exports has ended the boom years for the Colombian cosmetics sector, but the country still holds high hopes of establishing itself as a major regional player.

Colombia’s cosmetics and personal care sector has been thriving for well over a decade, as economic growth has fuelled a strong domestic market and the country established itself as an export hub for the north of South America.…