The Chilean Food Industry & Specialty Food Exports

Chile is a country of startling contrasts and extreme beauty.

Its length and extraordinarily diverse geography provides an unsurpassed climatic range and soils that are suitable for a very wide range of food production. Chile exports a wide variety of high-quality food products to the most competitive and discerning markets in the world.

Thus nowadays Chile is a leading producer and exporter of some of the world’s finest fruits, berries, vegetables, fish, shellfish, poultry, meats, and, of course, its premium wines.Chilean salmon, sea bass (also known as Patagonian toothfish), oysters, and scallops are sought after by the world’s most demanding connoisseurs.

Chilean foods are consistently awarded for their taste and quality in international food competitions.

China as an Apparel Importer

China is considered to be the single largest apparelexporter in the world. However, with the evolution of the globaltextile & apparel sector over the past decade, it is the time toseriously study China as a fast-growing apparel import market.

   

First and foremost, it is a wrong perception that Chinese consumers only consume clothing “made in China”. In Zara’s stores in Shanghai, over 90% of stock-keeping units are imported, with Bangladesh, Egypt, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and Viet Nam and being the main import sources.

   However, like any other countries in the world, the apparel import market in China also has its unique features & patterns. For example, woven men’s wear accounted for almost 1/3 of China’s total apparel imports. As another important feature: in 2012, 83% and 13% of China’s apparel imports came from Asia and Europe respectively, leaving only 4% market share for the rest of the world.

   Many famous international brands set up mainly in first-tier cities and then establish their presence in second-tier cities. Currently, the tendency is for famous brands to penetrate into more second-tier cities. Among the first-tier cities, Shanghai plays a significant role in setting fashion trends on the mainland. Therefore, many foreign and domestic apparel suppliers choose to first establish a foothold in Shanghai before seeking further expansion.  

Argentina and Its Biggest Export

Argentina was once called the “bread basket of the world”. The country produced enough food to feed its population ten times over. Today Argentina is known as “The Soya Republic”. Half of the country’s arable land is dedicated to the growth of soya.

Soya is the nation’s economic lifeline and its biggest export, accounting for around a quarter of the country’s income. Ninety-five percent of the soya produced here is for export. The produce is mostly sent to Europe and South-East Asia.  

Turkey is known throughout the world for producing a number of different items including figs, barley, tomatoes, egg plants, green peppers and lentils. 

The country is classed as agriculturally self-sufficient. This means that it does not rely on other countries for food imports.

 Vegetable production is the leading sector of Turkish agriculture and vegetal perishables constitute the backbone of the sector. The availability of diverse ecological conditions has resulted in growing all temperate, most subtropical and some tropical products.

Turkish fruit exports jumped 16 percent between 2012 and 2013; grapes were the highest exported fruit from Turkey.

 Thus next time, you are in your local supermarket keep an eye for the delicious Turkish exports that line the shelves. 

Why Are So Many of China's Tall Buildings Designed In Chicago?

Chicago has long been a global leader in an interesting export category: Maker of the world's tallest buildings. 

The world's current tallest building was designed here. Now, the city's architects will add even more towers to their list due to a relationship with the planet's most booming development scene—China.  

Grenada Turns To Nutmeg To Boost Economy

Until now, Grenada was famous as a paradise island in the Caribbean. The island lived primarily off its pristine blue waters, palm trees and white sand beaches. But Grenada wants to be known for more than that, and has a secret weapon: nutmeg.

Grenada is striving to make agriculture a second engine to boost its economy, after tourism, and has focused on its spices as an export potential. Thanks to its mild, warm climate and fertile land, several natural condiments grow naturally in Grenada, such as cinnamon, clove, ginger, and particularly, nutmeg.

According to numbers from the United Nations, the Caribbean nation is the second-largest producer of nutmeg in the world, surpassed only by Indonesia -- a country's that's 5,300 times bigger. Grenada is also the world's only producer of prime quality mace. The country’s main markets are the U.S. and the European Union.

According to the World Bank's ,Italy is the most diversified exporter in the world. Its top five export products amount to only 12.9% of all exports.