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Argentina and Uruguay can market their rice outside MERCOSUR (Mercado Comun del Sur) countries, including the US, provided they reduce production, milling and transportation costs to US levels via tax reduction, technological improvements and increasing mill utilization levels. Their competitiveness will likewise be bolstered if they consistently produce high-quality rice by developing irrigation and transportation infrastructures. Compliance with financing and US rice policy are the other factors influencing Argentina and Uruguay's success in the US rice market.

Argentina, better known to the world for its beef and leather exports, is also America's leading supplier of iced and instant tea - and has been so for the last [...]

Argentina exported approximately 212,100 b/d of crude oil in 1994, the result of privatization and deregulation in the Argentinian oil industry. There are four major crude oils exported: Rincon de los Sauces, Escalante, Medanito and Canadon Seco. A chemical analysis of each grade is provided, plus true boiling point curves for all grades but Canadon Seco., The deregulation of Argentina's oil industry and the privatization of its state-owned oil company are putting more of the country's crude oil into the international oil market. These developments (OGJ, [...]

Earlier this year the Commerce Department identified ten markets that hold great promise for large incremental gains in U.S. exports. These 'Big Emerging Markets' are the Chinese Economic Area, Indonesia, [...]

Though the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement will do little to reduce either the levels of support for farmers in the European Union - or anywhere else in the developed world [...]

A formerly powerful book exporter is regaining its preeminence as the continent's economy stabilizes The key players in Argentina's publishing industry has been covered several times by PW (most recently [...]

TOM WRAY reports on a visit to two countries in this great continent, where every effort is being made to upgrade quality and add value in order to improve seafood [...]

The soybean export market is characterized by shifting competitiveness among major producing countries. US market share declined from 95% in 1970 to 45% in 1990. Brazil's share of the market grew from 5% to 30%, while that of Argentina increased from 0 to 16% for the same period. The competitiveness of soybean-producing countries in the soybean export market is determined by the level of technology, production costs, geographical location, infrastructure, natural resources, and government regulation.

Argentina is exporting well over half of its annual tobacco production, according to 1990 statistics. Exports of Argentina tobacco reached a record level in 1990 with 45,957 tons being exported [...]

Hearing aids for Argentineans Walk into Starkey Laboratories Inc.'s facility in Eden Prairie, and what catches your ear is the near-constant chatter in Spanish, Chinese, and other tongues, as salespeople [...]

Although the United States supplies about 80 percent of Mexico's food imports, countries from all over the world are knocking on Mexico's trade door and entering the market. The major [...]

At a time of great opportunities for the Americas, the United States is confronted with a new and unfamiliar set of challenges. They were highlighted during a recent trip U.S. [...]

Argentina's petrochemical industry is poised to grow even though negative economic factors are present. According to Alfredo Friedlander, an export manager of YPF, the industry will benefit from the availability of raw materials, low inflation and the government's privatization program. He predicts the growth to be concentrated in the thermoplastics sector and imports. Argentina's declining exports over the past four years resulted in a $140 million deficit for petrochemicals in 1992.

The economies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico continued to improve in 1993. Argentina successfully adopted a Brady Plan and a peso convertibility plan. Likewise, an upswing in Brazil's economy can be traced to negotiations for a Brady agreement which may soon be finalized. Chile achieved an investment grade rating to mark the end of its debt crisis, while Mexico's economy has been bullish in anticipation of the increased trade resulting from approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement., ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVES, BUT SUFFERS SOME SET-BACKS Generally, confidence in the economic performance of the major Latin American economies has continued to grow, but there have been set-backs also. The [...]

Argentina's National Sanitation Service has established more strict traceability standards for Patagonia than for other parts of the country because the European Union classifies only Southern Patagonia as free of [...]

THE National Biodiesel Board (NBB) filed an antidumping and countervailing duty petition claiming that companies in Argentina and Indonesia are violating trade laws by flooding the U.S. market with dumped [...]

ARGENTINE HONEY: DOC announced it received a request from Patagonik S.A. for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina. Patagonik certified it did not [...]

Argentina has been given a temporary waiver which allows the country to export its wines to the European Union even though they do not strictly conform to EU rules. The [...]

HONEY FROM ARGENTINA: On Jan. 22, 2003, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order [...]

HONEY FROM ARGENTINA: On Jan. 22, 2003, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register (68 FR 3009) a notice announcing the initiation of the administrative review of the [...]

HONEY: The Department of Commerce has initiated a new shipper antidumping duty administrative review regarding honey from Argentina. For more information, contact: Phyllis Hall or Donna Kinsella at (202) 482-1398 [...]

Argentina's trade surplus rose to $14.1 billion in the year to August. But this was driven by collapsing imports, which fell by a huge 58% from their level of a [...]

.... Argentina has become the world's leading exporter of honey, selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets and almost half of it had been going to the U.S., [...]

The scourge of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) chopped back Argentine beef exports by nearly 54% in January-August this year, wiping over 60% off revenues, according to the Argentine Beef Industry Chamber [...]

CORNED BEEF - Between Jan. 1 and June 1, the U.S. imported 22.3 million pounds of Corned Beef, down 34% from the same period a year earlier. Shipments from Brazil [...]

Argentina is slowly stepping up maize deliveries to Malaysia as Chinese supply wobbles, according to traders. Some believe the South American producer could raise from 15% to 40% its share [...]

American style snacks are extremely popular with teenagers and young adults in countries around the world. American snack food manufacturers planning to export their product to take advantage of this [...]

Argentina has more than doubled maize exports to Asia and has its eye on extra lucrative contracts this year as domestic Asian output falters. Shipments from Argentina to Asia in [...]

RALEIGH - With a full-fledged financial crisis enveloping Argentina, companies in North Carolina who export to that country are growing increasingly nervous as millions of dollars in future contracts remain [...]

State economic development officials and American Electric Power Co. have announced separate trade missions to South America and Germany. The state trip to Germany is scheduled for Oct. 20-27 with [...]

BUENOS AIRES -- Argentine officials say the United States has once again approached the government with a proposal to begin work on a bilateral free-trade treaty that would be similar [...]

HONEY FROM ARGENTINA AND CHINA: The International Trade Administration postponed the final determination on its investigation of sales of honey from Argentina and China at less than fair value and [...]

Australia hopes to export lamb to Argentina for the first time after a new agreement between Canberra and Buenos Aires. The deal may have opened the door for Australia to [...]

The ravages of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Argentina may cut the nation's beef exports in 2001 to 220 000 tonnes, according to an attache report from the United States Department [...]