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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The company is also stopping production in Ecuador, Venezuela, Belarus and Pakistan by April 2014 (these countries scored low in a World Bank report that assessed countries on accountability, corruption, violence, and other metrics).

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Brazil is located in Eastern South America and borders the Atlantic Ocean as well as the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S., Manufacturing in Brazil.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. Grace Line had instituted the first international service, US to Venezuela, in 1962. In 2014, the shipping ports of America received $1.73 It then overtakes the US in 2014. Significance.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Grace Line had instituted the first international service, US to Venezuela, in 1962. In 2014, the shipping ports of America received $1.73 It then overtakes the US in 2014. McLean convinces the US Army that shipping containers provide a more reliable service (also eliminating dockside pilfering by Viet Cong sympathisers).

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Global Momentum in ‘Conflict Minerals’ Transparency?

EcoVadis

As the first Conflict Minerals reports ( SD form ) are due at the latest by May 31st 2014 as per mandatory S.E.C In March 5th 2014 , the European Commission published a Draft Regulation supporting a due diligence self-certification. Indonesia , Venezuela ). disclosure requirements , publicly listed companies in the U.S.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Linio is a Latin American marketplace with presence in 8 countries – Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. Launched in 2014, Kilimall operates in Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya. The marketplace doesn’t charge any monthly or membership fees and works on a commission structure.

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Export Compliance 101

Arena Solutions

Now, those last two, the MEU and the MIEU list, only pertain to Venezuela, Russia, and China. 60,488,000 in administrative penalties in 2014. And added to that, lately, we’ve got Military End Users and Military Intelligence End Users that we screen for as well.