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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. Other members include Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S., billion worth of goods.

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Is Soy the Next Palm Oil?

EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

Expansion of soy since the 1970s in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay has seen almost half of the important ecosystem provided by the Cerrado grasslands completely wiped out. This worries environmentalists because much of the world’s soy is coming from the Tropics which are at serious risk of deforestation.

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Logistics, Perpetually in Motion (Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2016)

Talking Logistics

“Logistics in Motion” was the theme of Descartes’ Evolution 2016 Global User & Partner Conference , and it adequately describes the dynamic nature of the logistics industry as well as the company. Addressed customs initiatives in the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, Cuba and Paraguay.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Emerging markets growth prospects look brighter than they have in years to logistics industry executives, who say small and medium-sized companies are the most likely to benefit from fresh acceleration of those economies. Chile (12); Colombia (26); Argentina (28); Ecuador (34); Bolivia (37); Paraguay (40) were little changed.

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Only two countries in South America are landlocked, Paraguay and Bolivia. Global freight forwarding companies in the area will have the newest information available to help you choose the right port of entry for your freight. End-to-end supply chain visibility.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

McLeod Software Unveils New Business Process Automation Solutions for Logistics Companies. downgraded the stocks of four trucking companies earlier this week — USA Truck Inc., I’ll highlight my key takeaways from the conference in a future post, but I’ll quickly mention some product enhancements the company announced.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Mercado Libre is the largest marketplace in Latin America that operates in 18 countries – Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominicana, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela. The marketplace has over 160 million monthly visitors. With more than 2.6