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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S., 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. Brazil would eventually become a republic again in 1985.

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How the Bakken Oil Boom Impacts U.S. Supply Chains

CH Robinson Transportfolio

They recently calculated that North Dakota just topped an average output of 1 million barrels of oil per day. The oil and gas industry impacts freight transportation in four significant areas: Diesel Prices. And it has all happened incredibly quickly. Typically, you can get 19 gallons of gasoline out of a barrel of oil. per mile.