by MBJ Staff Published: August 3,2012
Tags: economic development, export, exporter, exportingh, global market, import, importer, importing, international markets, international trade, job, job creation, state agency, trade mission
JACKSON — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) is inviting state business leaders interested in pursuing trade opportunities in the Canadian market or seeking representation, partners or distributorships in Canada to participate in a multi-sector business-to-business matchmaking mission to Toronto and Montreal Sept. 10-14. In a separate item, MDA is also leading a trade mission to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 27,2012
Tags: channel, dredge, dredging, governor, international trade, lieutenant governor, maritime, port, ship, shipping, state government, transportation
GULFPORT — Mississippi leaders are questioning whether the Port of Gulfport is doing enough to capitalize on $570 million in federal money being spent there in the aftermath of 2005′s Hurricane Katrina. Port officials told a community group Tuesday that the port is not close to deepening its 36-foot ship channel, one of the shallowest [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 17,2012
Tags: community development, construction, contractor, economic development, exhibition, expoorting, export, exporter, exposition, foreign market, import, importer, importing, international trade, state agency
JACKSON — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) is inviting state business leaders to participate in a building/construction/home improvement exhibition from Sept. 6-8 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The event will connect Mississippi businesses looking to expand trade and create business relationships with opportunities in the Latin American market. The Construction and Home Improvement Expo, which is held [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 27,2012
Tags: export, exporter, exporting, food, food safety, import, imported food, importer, importing, international trade, label, labelling, seasfood
BILOXI — The American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) has released a statement regarding reports that two U.S. companies have been packaging and selling shrimp as domestic-raised when the shrimp were actually imported. The ASPA said news media recently reported several plea agreements regarding alleged Lacey Act violations involving an Illinois wholesale company and a Louisiana [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 22,2012
Tags: distribution, export, exporter, exporting, federal agency, import, importer, importing, international trade, l canal, legislative, port, ship, shipping, trade
GULF OF MEXICO — A federal agency says seaports in the Southeast region need the most help getting ready to trade with supersized cargo ships expected to arrive soon through an expanded Panama Canal. A report to Congress released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says ports on the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 21,2012
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, consumer protection, consumer safety, federal agency, food, food safewty, import, importing, international trade, substance
JACKSON — The Food and Drug Administration recently warned Vietnam about a rise in banned substances found in seafood imported into the U.S., according to The Catfish Institute. The Institute reports the warning comes on the heels of significant increases in FDA import refusals of Vietnamese seafood shipments, which jumped from 12 refusals in March [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 19,2012
Tags: executive, export, exporter, exporting, foreign market, governor, import, importer, importing, international trade, state government
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant will lead a trade delegation to Japan and Korea in September. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Bryant announced the trade mission during a speech at a meeting of the Mississippi Automotive Manufacturers Association in Oxford. Bryant says he hopes several Mississippi business executives can go on the trip. Bryant [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 9,2012
Tags: ambassadors, exporters, exporting, exports, importers, importing, imports, international relations, international trade, trade
NEW ORLEANS — South Korea’s ambassador to the United States will meet with Mississippi and Louisiana business people later this month in New Orleans. Han Duck-soo is the ambassador. He’s also a former prime minister and current chairman of the Korea-U.S. Economic Council Inc., which promotes economic ties between the two countries. The council is [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) will lead a business development mission to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile, August 13-17. The trip is designed to connect Mississippi companies to potential buyers in Argentina and Chile, and businesses that operation in the state that are interested in selling their products and services in these [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 11,2012
Tags: agriculture, chickens, duties, farmers, farms, federal government, free trade agreement, international trade, legislative, poultry, tariffs, trade
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are encouraging U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk to challenge new duties proposed by Mexico on imported U.S. poultry. Cochran and Wicker are among 16 Senators who last week sent a letter to Kirk that states the lawmakers’ concern with antidumping charges levied by Mexico [...] [...]
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