DatamarWeek - Issue
60
Week 201005 - 02 February 2010
Executive Summary
Container and other trades
Contrary to our expectations, December TEU imports did not draw even with exports.
Full 2009 container exports fell by 9.8% against 2008 and imports by 20.7%. The combined drop was 14.6%. See tradelane graphs showing 2006-2009 Brazil full TEU exports vs. imports in this week’s edition of DatamarWeek.
Brazil’s total container trade with the USA in 2009, at 465,000 TEU, was still a few points ahead of that with China at 423,000.
Shippers, cargo and business
Braskem is to buy the polypropylene (PP) branch of Sunoco Chemicals Inc. Read more in this week’s edition of DatamarWeek.
Brazil’s CAMEX is expected next week to reduce the current 20% import duty for US-sourced ethanol to zero.
General Mills is to sell its cheese and casein facilities in San José, Uruguay, to Schreiber Foods.
Ports, terminals & related infrastructure
Santos’s Port Authority Council (CAP) announced its intention to approve a new Development and Zoning Plan (PDZ), being prepared by Codesp, by the end of this year. See details in this week’s edition of DatamarWeek.
Extension of the east and west breakwaters at Rio Grande is expected to be complete by April.
Brazil foreign trade
São Paulo’s Industrial Federation FIESP are forecasting total 2010 exports of $177.8 billion and imports of $172.3 billion.
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