by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Oct 13, 2020 | Doing business, General
Guest post by Ioanna Orfanidi, Customs Broker at Chamber International Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic have reminded the UK how much it relies on other countries for supplies and for export sales. The European Single Market and Customs Union, together with the...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Sep 27, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, Doing business
We get asked often about the pandemic situation in Latin America and how it’s affecting business. It’s tough, we know. But there are some opportunities. Rather than looking at specific countries or sectors, another way of identifying current (and future) opportunities...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Sep 27, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, General, Trade Shows, Uruguay
Uruguay’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic has been praised worldwide. With fewer than 2,000 cases and less than 50 deaths so far, the relatively small South American nation is the exception once again. Economic recovery has farming at its core: agriculture,...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Sep 26, 2020 | Doing business, General, Mercosur, Uruguay
(photo: Zonamerica) We get asked very often about free trade zones (FTZs) in South America, more particularly in Mercosur, and more often than not in Uruguay. We have covered this topic before in our blog so today we bring you just some interesting facts about free...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Aug 30, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, General, Trade Shows, Uruguay
The Uruguayan cattle sector seems unusually cheerful at the moment. There are good yet complex reasons for this, which we explore here with our team member, Matías Sara. Matías is an agricultural technician with 20 years’ experience in cattle farming and strong...
