Mexico Looks to Brazil Last March Mexico suspended all imports of meat and poultry from Brazil in response to the Carne Fraca meat inspection scandal. This month Mexican officials will be in Santa Catarina, Brazil’s largest hog-producing state and second-largest poultry-producing state, to establish an export protocol to supply Mexico with pork. Santa Catarina is also the only state in Brazil that has been declared free of foot-and-mouth (FMD) without vaccinations. Mexico is diversifying its supply base for pork, but the process could be cumbersome given the animal health issue. Were Brazilian pork to gain access to Mexico, it would be through the new duty-free tariff rate quota (TRQ) that the latter created as part of its trade cap...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.