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Global Manufacturing PMI Levels Rise in January 2024

Supply Chain Matters

India led all other regions in overall PMI growth while Austria, Czechia and France were the bottom three contractionary conditions. The only country with positive PMI growth was Greece , while Germany, France and Austria PMI levels were the lowest, Austria being 43.0 and France being 43.1.

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Doing Business in Germany

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km and borders the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and other countries including the Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Whether you choose to ship by rail, water, truck or air, the movement of goods is fast and efficient. . France, China, Netherlands, the U.K.,

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Doing Business in Switzerland

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Switzerland is east of France and north of Italy, also bordered by Austria, Liechtenstein and Germany. The strength and volatility of the Swiss franc is creating additional challenges, and global competition is exacerbating this effect by increasing costs for raw materials, labor, and energy compared to other regions.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 27 – April 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

America’s imports are stuck on ships floating off LA. Specifically, the top countries most impacted by the Suez Canal blockage include the UK, Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, and Austria. And more ships keep arriving, making the congestion worse.

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Doing Business in Italy

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Border countries include Austria, France, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia and Switzerland. Primary export partners were Germany, France, US, Spain, UK and Switzerland. Italy, with its capital city of Rome, is located in Southern Europe on a peninsula extending into the Mediterranean Sea. Manufacturing in Italy. of the GDP. .

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Doing Business in the Czech Republic

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The Czech Republic is a land-locked country in central Europe between Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria. Its major export partners are Germany, Poland, Slovakia, France, the U.K., Austria and Italy. By 2016, the country converted to the short name of Czechia, although it still uses the Czech Republic name in formal matters.

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Where are all the N95 Masks? A Supply Chain Dilemma

NC State SCRC

And when President Trump went into his briefing today, he started rattling off numbers of masks being shipped…but what gives? Are these numbers real and will there be enough? No one seems to know.but the fact is that starting production can’t occur overnight.