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Top 6 Wholesale Distribution Trends for 2019

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Unfortunately, much of the changes are factors caused by the escalating trade wars between the two largest nations in the world: the United States and China. At the same time, the United States grew further in size as the world’s largest contiguous market. Business Costs Will Rise. Supply Chains Will Be Redefined.

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Chinese New Year Shutdown 2020: How to Prepare

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The Chinese New Year (abbreviated as CNY) in the United States is often nothing more than a blip on the radar. In mainland China (and even in other countries that celebrate the holiday such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei), the Chinese New Year holiday is a very big deal.

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Added Headwinds for Global PMI Production Indices in June and Q2 2022

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United States. Indices reflecting manufacturing across the United States were subdued as well. Upon reviewing a grouping of developed regions, namely the United States, Eurozone, Japan and Taiwan, production and supply chain activity levels declined 2.9 Select Regional Highlights. and the end of March.

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Predictions- Part One

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front that retailers and certain businesses may have procured too much inventory , and now that these inventories have arrived, the challenge will be not to exposed to a decline in consumer buying activity in the months to come. There is further growing evidence on the U.S. percent of GDP to 6.2 percentage points from Q1 to Q2.

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The Natural Rubber Supply Chain! Will it Bounce Back?

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Over 90% of natural rubber comes from Asia, with Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia making up 70% of the world’s supply of natural rubber. The largest consumers of natural rubber are China, India and the United States, who simultaneously experienced a drop in demand in 2020 also due to the pandemic.

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El Niño May Have Your Supply Chain Partying Like It’s 1997

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A massive El Niño occurred in 1997-1998, unleashing record rains in California, deadly tornados in Florida, and a brutal drought in Indonesia, thus landing the term firmly on the radar (no pun intended) of millions of people around the globe. Assess Inventory Positions.

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September and Q3 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Enter Contraction Trending

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The orders-to-inventory ratio fell to another multi-year low last month as excess capacity continued to build at factories. United States. Of particular concern, the New Orders sub-index declined more than 4 points, reaching a contraction value in September while the Inventories sub-index was 2.6 up from a 47.3