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The Silk Railway: freight train from China pulls up in Madrid

Global Trade Management

En route it passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France before arriving at the Abroñigal freight terminal in Madrid. Yiwu is the world’s largest wholesale hub for small consumer goods and plays host to a vast 4 sq km (1.5 sq mile) market where tens of thousands of traders work daily.

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Wine and Spirits Logistics

Consumer Goods Logistics

According to Alcohol.com, it’s Belarus, followed by Lithuania, Grenada and the Czech Republic. What country drinks the most wine and spirits in the world, per capita? Drumroll, please…. What 3PL distributes the most wine and spirits in the U.S.?

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

However, the longer the conflict continues, the greater the likelihood of severe impacts for a broader range of manufacturing industries, potentially including automotive, consumer goods, healthcare , and other sectors. If the ban goes into effect, sanctioned goods will no longer be permitted to cross the Kazakh border into Russia.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

Terra Technology’s customers include large multinationals in the fastmoving consumer goods sector such as Procter & Gamble and Unilever. American Samoa. Antarctica. Antigua and Barbuda. Azerbaijan. Bangladesh. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island. British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam. Burkina Faso.