by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Mar 22, 2021 | Doing business, Energy, mining & infrastructure, General, Manufacturing, Mercosur, Uruguay
In a recent blog post, I controversially mentioned that I have a weakness for cable cleats and I must explain myself before you think I’m (way too) weird. It all started about 9 years ago when I visited Ellis Patents in Rillington (near Malton in North Yorkshire) – I...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Mar 22, 2021 | Doing business, General, Mercosur, Uruguay
More often than not, we work with technical products that most of you out there hardly get to see: cable cleats, pollination bags, nutrition products for animals, cleaning products for farms, power-transmission equipment, and so on. We often work in market research,...
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...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Jul 30, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, General, Uruguay
Better-known for cows rather than sheep, Uruguay isn’t New Zealand or Yorkshire but its ovine sector is definitely interesting and colourful. This month, we bring you just 10 things you probably didn’t know about sheep, lamb and wool in Uruguay, particularly as we...
