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Latin America
Country risk analysis, forecasts, rankings, industry research and competitive intelligence on leading companies, covering 17 markets across the Latin America region
Industry Reports
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Read More Argentina Agribusiness Report
54 pages    Pub date: November 7 2008    Quarterly   
The Argentina Agribusiness Report provides industry strategists, service companies, company analysts and consultants, government departments, trade associations and regulatory bodies with Business Monitor International's independent, 5-year commodity supply and demand forecasts, medium term commodity price forecasts and competitive intelligence on leading agribusiness companies in Argentina.
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Read More Argentina Autos Report
51 pages    Pub date: November 12 2008    Quarterly   
Argentina’s automotive industry has so far shown its resilience to the global financial crisis by posting double-digit growth rates in both domestic sales and in export demand in September 2008. Argentina’s automotive production grew 23.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 469,546 units in the first nine months of this year, while s...
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Read More Argentina Commercial Banking Report
40 pages    Pub date: November 19 2008    Quarterly   
This report is being written at a time when the global financial crisis – which arose as a result of the evaporation of inter-bank liquidity – appeared to be moving towards a resolution. The governments of the UK, the US and most of the larger countries in the eurozone have all announced plans to make funds available – in ...
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Read More Argentina Defence & Security Report
52 pages    Pub date: July 17 2008    Annual   
Argentina’s defence and security position has undoubtedly improved over the last decade. At the end of 2007 the country was undergoing a new democratic transition, as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who had won the October presidential elections with a comfortable majority, formally took office in December. Despite critici...
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Read More Argentina Food & Drink Report
86 pages    Pub date: July 17 2008    Annual   
Argentina’s defence and security position has undoubtedly improved over the last decade. At the end of 2007 the country was undergoing a new democratic transition, as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who had won the October presidential elections with a comfortable majority, formally took office in December. Despite critici...
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Read More Argentina Freight Transport Report
55 pages    Pub date: January 8 2009    Quarterly   
Argentina suffered a major farmers’ strike in March and early April that disrupted transport networks across the country. Because the underlying dispute with the government over export taxes remained unresolved, there were fears that another stoppage called in May after the expiry of a 30-day truce could escalate. At the r...
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Read More Argentina Information Technology Report
39 pages    Pub date: November 12 2008    Quarterly   
Market Overview The Argentine IT market is projected by BMI to be worth nearly US$4bn by 2012, with the consumer segment and SMEs in particular fuelling growth. The IT market is the second largest in the Latin America region, but with PC penetration at only around 22%, the government is continuing effo...
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Read More Argentina Infrastructure Report
68 pages    Pub date: November 19 2008    Quarterly   
In May 2008, the public works secretary was quoted as saying that the Argentine government expected to double investment in infrastructure over the next four years to US$25bn. The public works department has invested US$12.5bn in social and productive infrastructure over the past four years. Improvements to road, housing a...
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Read More Argentina Insurance Report
72 pages    Pub date: November 19 2008    Quarterly   
This report is being written at a time when the Global Financial Crisis – which arose as a result of the evaporation of inter-bank liquidity – appeared to be moving towards a resolution. The governments of the UK, the US and most of the larger countries in the euro area have all announced plans to make funds available – in...
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Read More Argentina Mining Report
54 pages    Pub date: July 1 2008    Annual   
Uncertainty over taxation levels has recently emerged as a significant disincentive to new investment in the Argentine mining sector. In December 2007 customs agents lifted earlier exemptions and demanded new 5-10% export tax payments from a group of mining companies, including Borax Argentina (a subsidiary of Ri...
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Read More Argentina Oil & Gas Report
98 pages    Pub date: November 4 2008    Quarterly   
The latest Argentina Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 6.50% of Latin America regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 6.25% of supply. Latin America regional oil use of 6.66mn b/d in 2001 reached 7.47mn b/d in 2007. It should average 7.59mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around...
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Read More Argentina Petrochemicals Report
37 pages    Pub date: July 17 2008    Annual   
The Argentina Petrochemicals Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data covering oil and gas, oil refining, olefins (ethylene, propylene), polyolefin’s (polyethylene, polypropylene), polyvinyl chloride and polystyrene.
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Read More Argentina Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
79 pages    Pub date: November 24 2008    Quarterly   
BMI retains its optimistic forecast for the Argentine pharmaceutical market for 2008 as a whole, with 7.3% US dollar growth and 8.7% local currency growth, and total market value predicted to reach US$3.19bn. However, our five-year forecast has been downgraded on the basis of Argentina’s rapidly worsening economic o...
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Read More Argentina Power Report
49 pages    Pub date: December 22 2008    Quarterly   
The new Argentina Power Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 9.90% of Latin American regional power generation by 2012. BMI ’s Latin America power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,088 terawatt hours (TWh), representing an increase of 3.5% over the previous year. We are forecastin...
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Read More Argentina Telecommunications Report
65 pages    Pub date: October 23 2008    Quarterly   
Argentina became the second market in Latin America to pass 100% penetration in Q208 as strong competition between América Móvil ’s Claro and Telefónica ’s Movistar heated up. Claro took first place in the mobile market in Q108 and even extended its lead over Movistar in the following quarter. How...
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Read More Bolivia Oil & Gas Report
75 pages    Pub date: October 16 2008    Quarterly   
The new Bolivia Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 0.76% of Latin American regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 0.58% of supply. Latin America regional oil use of 6.66mn b/d in 2001 reached 7.47mn b/d in 2007. It should average 7.59mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 8.2...
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Read More Brazil Agribusiness Report
58 pages    Pub date: November 7 2008    Quarterly   
The Brazil Agribusiness Report provides industry strategists, service companies, company analysts and consultants, government departments, trade associations and regulatory bodies with Business Monitor International's independent, 5-year commodity supply and demand forecasts, medium term commodity price forecasts and competitive intelligence on leading agribusiness companies in Brazil.
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Read More Brazil Autos Report
53 pages    Pub date: November 10 2008    Quarterly   
Brazil continues to showcase its potential as one of the strongest emerging economies in the world. With automotive output growing by almost 22.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) and domestic sales rising up by more than 26% to 1.94mn in the first eight months of this year, the industry contesting to become one of the world’s key aut...
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Read More Brazil Commercial Banking Report
44 pages    Pub date: January 8 2009    Quarterly   
Over the last year, the crisis in the inter-bank market and the soaring prices of oil and other raw materials tended to obscure several other important trends. In most of the developing world (i.e. the vast majority of the countries whose banking industries are surveyed by BMI), lending has been growing quickly. In many em...
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Read More Brazil Defence & Security Report
45 pages    Pub date: October 16 2008    Quarterly   
Brazil has embarked on a major programme to upgrade its armed forces, planning to buy and build equipment to defend offshore oil riches and a porous border in the Amazon jungle. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva earlier this year pushed for an increase of more than 50% in Brazilian defence spending through to 2...
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Read More Brazil Food & Drink Report
75 pages    Pub date: December 30 2008    Quarterly   
Brazil has one of the largest and most dynamic drinks industries in the world. Indeed, according to BMI ’s new forecasts, the alcoholic drinks sector should reach a value of US15,775mn in 2013, up from an estimated US$14,342mn in 2008. Meanwhile, the soft drinks sector should reach a value of US$20,219mn, up from an ...
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Read More Brazil Freight Transport Report
62 pages    Pub date: December 30 2008    Quarterly   
At the beginning of October 08, LLX Logistica , the logistics arm of the Grupo EBX mining company, said that its decision to suspend its Porto Brasil investment project was not indicative of a paucity of liquidity for the company, but instead represented a prudent move amid tightening global credit markets. Po...
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Read More Brazil Information Technology Report
40 pages    Pub date: November 12 2008    Quarterly   
Market Overview The total value of Brazilian spending on IT products and services should pass US$21bn in 2008, with the IT market on course to eventually become the world’s fourth or fifth largest. Despite soaring sales in the PC sector in 2007, a PC penetration rate of less than 25% indicates plenty of growt...
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Read More Brazil Infrastructure Report
78 pages    Pub date: December 17 2008    Quarterly   
In September 2008 the governor of São Paulo state, José Serra, proposed the construction of a new BRL3.1bn (US$1.8bn) highway to link the major cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The planned highway would traverse the two states, covering 168miles (270km). It would run parallel (although at a 6 mile (10km) distance) t...
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Read More Brazil Insurance Report
77 pages    Pub date: December 22 2008    Quarterly   
BMI’s Brazil Insurance Report has been written at a time that the global financial crisis, which arose as a result of the evaporation of inter-bank liquidity, appeared to be moving towards a resolution. The governments of the UK, the USA and most of the larger countries in the euro area have all announced plans to make fun...
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Read More Brazil Mining Report
65 pages    Pub date: November 28 2008    Quarterly   
Media speculation forced local mining giant Vale to deny rumours at the beginning of July that it was in negotiations to acquire Brazilian metals group Paranapanema SA . However, while no formal offer was announced, Vale did express possible interest in two Paranapanema-controlled companies: copper smelter ...
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Read More Brazil Oil & Gas Report
113 pages    Pub date: October 23 2008    Quarterly   
The latest Brazil Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 29.84% of Latin American regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 27.22% of supply. Latin America regional oil use of 6.66mn b/d in 2001 reached 7.47mn b/d in 2007. It should average 7.59mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around...
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Read More Brazil Petrochemicals Report
52 pages    Pub date: October 10 2008    Quarterly   
Strong growth in construction boosted the Brazilian polymers market in H108, with domestic demand helping to insulate the country’s petrochemicals industry from the effects of the global downturn, according to BMI’s latest Brazil Petrochemicals Report. Maintenance stoppages at the Camaçari petrochemical hub in Bahia...
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Read More Brazil Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
106 pages    Pub date: December 5 2008    Quarterly   
Brazil’s pharmaceutical market is by no means immune to the current global financial upheaval, but BMI believes that the market’s fundamentals and the wider economy’s resilience to the current crisis means that the market will still achieve robust 15.5% growth in 2008, following 21.4% growth in 2007. Looking forward...
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Read More Brazil Power Report
53 pages    Pub date: December 22 2008    Quarterly   
The new Brazil Power Report from BMI forecasts that the country will by 2012 account for 38.16% of Latin America regional power generation. BMI ’s Latin America power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,088 terawatt hours (TWh), representing an increase of 3.5% over the previous year. We are forecasting g...
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Read More Brazil Telecommunications Report
88 pages    Pub date: November 4 2008    Quarterly   
Brazil began its roll-out of number portability (NP) for both fixed-line numbers and mobiles. Porting requests in the first five days reached just 4,575 but these were not in the largest cities. The country’s main business centres will not see NP implemented until the first quarter of 2009, giving operators time to solve a...
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Read More Brazil Tourism Report
29 pages    Pub date: November 28 2008    Quarterly   
Brazilian tourism attracted more than five million visitors and US$4.95 billion in external tourist revenue last year, according to UN World Tourism Organization (WTO) data from June 2008, making it the main tourism destination in South America and the second most popular Latin America after Mexico. The key appeal o...
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Read More Central America Telecommunications Report
60 pages    Pub date: November 12 2008    Quarterly   
In Q408 BMI has compared the telecoms markets of Central America with the seven markets already covered across the rest of Latin America. This throws up some interesting results with El Salvador and Belize residing in the top half of the table despite their considerably smaller populations. The former’s competitive ...
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Read More Chile Autos Report
38 pages    Pub date: October 1 2008    Annual   
Chile’s new car market is in robust form. New car sales continue to rise after a strong performance in 2006, reflecting the country’s ongoing economic strength. Sales have been driven by a number of factors including attractive financing deals and competitive prices. Competition on the market is more intense as a...
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Read More Chile Commercial Banking Report
45 pages    Pub date: November 21 2008    Quarterly   
Over the last year, the crisis in the inter-bank market and the soaring prices of oil and other raw materials tended to obscure several other important trends. In most of the developing world (i.e. the vast majority of the countries whose banking industries are surveyed by BMI), lending has been growing quickly. In many em...
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Read More Chile Defence & Security Report
44 pages    Pub date: February 28 2008    Annual   
2007 was another quite tough year for President Bachelet on the domestic front. She was struggling with fairly low opinion poll ratings, and opposition to her economic, transport, and education policies. She also faced bickering within the ruling coalition, industrial action in the copper industry and student demonstration...
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Read More Chile Food & Drink Report
66 pages    Pub date: October 10 2008    Quarterly   
The Chilean dairy sector has been growing strongly in recent years fuelled by growing international and domestic demand. The sector has recently been the subject of international investment and foreign firms are likely to continue to show an interest given the country’s relatively inexpensive dairy land, cheap labour and n...
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Read More Chile Freight Transport Report
45 pages    Pub date: December 30 2008    Quarterly   
Cargo operations represented a key component to Chile’s LAN Airlines’ continuing profitability, Pablo Yunis, Vice President for North and Central America and the Caribbean told The Miami Herald in September. Yunis noted that LAN had remained profitable each year since it was privatized in 1994, now flew to 19 countr...
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Read More Chile Information Technology Report
38 pages    Pub date: November 13 2008    Quarterly   
Market Overview BMI projects that Chile will be one of the region’s higher growth IT markets during the 2008-2012 period thanks to rising incomes, growing PC affordability, and favourable demographics. While only around 1/10 the size of Brazil’s IT market, the total value of Chilean domestic spending o...
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Read More Chile Infrastructure Report
66 pages    Pub date: November 19 2008    Quarterly   
Recent Developments Plans for rail links that will run from Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, to Chile's port city of Valparaiso were beginning to take shape in September 2008. Argentina's President announced that two domestic infrastructure majors are eager to get involved in building a rail tunnel in the A...
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Read More Chile Mining Report
62 pages    Pub date: November 28 2008    Quarterly   
Operations at state-owned Codelco , the world’s largest copper miner, were disrupted in April and May by a 20-day strike by subcontracted workers over pay and working conditions. The strike, which affected three of Codelco’s divisions, was resolved on May 6 by a government deal, which includes a CLP500,000 (US$1,067)...
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Read More Chile Oil & Gas Report
88 pages    Pub date: October 23 2008    Quarterly   
The latest Chile Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 4.82% of Latin American regional oil demand by 2012, while making no meaningful contribution to supply. Latin America regional oil use of 6.66mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 reached 7.47mn b/d in 2007. It should average 7.59mn b/...
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Read More Chile Petrochemicals Report
35 pages    Pub date: February 15 2008    Annual   
The Chile Petrochemicals Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data covering oil and gas, oil refining, olefins (ethylene, propylene), polyolefin’s (polyethylene, polypropylene), polyvinyl chloride and polystyrene.
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Read More Chile Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
58 pages    Pub date: November 24 2008    Quarterly   
BMI’s latest forecast sees the Chilean pharmaceutical market growing by a robust 14.8% in US dollar terms in 2008 and by 9.2% in local currency terms. Applying our improved forecasting model, we now see average annual growth rates for 2008 to 2012 of 7.4% in US dollar terms and 6.9% in peso terms, with the total value of t...
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Read More Chile Power Report
48 pages    Pub date: December 10 2008    Quarterly   
The new Chile Power Report Q2 2008 from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 5.55% of Latin America regional power generation by 2012. BMI ’s Latin America power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,088 terawatt hours (TWh), representing an increase of 3.5% over the previous year. We are forecas...
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Read More Chile Telecommunications Report
70 pages    Pub date: December 31 2008    Quarterly   
Mobile services remain the driver behind Chile’s telecoms market despite slowing growth. The market continues to creep towards 100% penetration but operators are increasingly focused on improving their ARPUs instead of gaining new subscribers. Market leaders Movistar and Entel have seen significant increases ...
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Read More Chile Tourism Report
32 pages    Pub date: December 22 2008    Quarterly   
Extensive Tourism Opportunities Shaped like a long narrow strip and making up the western part of South America's tail, Chile is 2,610 miles (4,200km) in length and at most 115 miles (180km) wide. Travellers are drawn to the country because of its multitude of natural attractions, from the northern desert to ...
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Read More Colombia Agribusiness Report
Pub date: January 5 2009    Quarterly   
The Colombia Agribusiness Report provides industry strategists, service companies, company analysts and consultants, government departments, trade associations and regulatory bodies with Business Monitor International's independent, 5-year commodity supply and demand forecasts, medium term commodity price forecasts and competitive intelligence on leading agribusiness companies in Colombia.
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Read More Colombia Autos Report
35 pages    Pub date: March 11 2008    Annual   
BMI has significantly raised its estimate for Colombian vehicle sales in 2007. Car sales have soared in 2007, following the stellar performance of 2006 and in keeping with a general trend across Latin America. In 2007 vehicle sales in Colombia were driven by strong economic growth, low interest rates, the strength of the p...
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Read More Colombia Defence & Security Report
45 pages    Pub date: October 16 2008    Quarterly   
As we enter Q408, it is fair to say that regional security in Colombia has significantly improved throughout the year. Indeed, recent events have helped raise the country's short-term political score to a high of 70.6. The changing fortunes of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) have been largely ...
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Read More Colombia Food & Drink Report
69 pages    Pub date: October 10 2008    Quarterly   
Consumption of beer in Colombia has been rising steadily in both volume and value terms over the past five years as discussed in BMI ’s newly published Q408 Chile Food & Drink Report. The market is dominated by one firm – Bavaria , owned by SABMiller – but the high growth rates would suggest that there a...
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Read More Colombia Freight Transport Report
47 pages    Pub date: March 17 2008    Annual   
In October 2007 Álvaro Uribe and Hugo Chávez, the Presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, inaugurated a new bi-national gas pipeline between the two countries. The 220km pipeline runs from Campo Ballesta in Colombia to the lake region of Maracaibo in Venezuela, and has 10 pumping stations. It took over a year to complete, as...
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Read More Colombia Information Technology Report
37 pages    Pub date: November 12 2008    Quarterly   
Market Overview Colombia’s IT market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11% over the 2007-2012 period, as consumer demand and a new government ICT plan provide important platforms for expansion. The consumer-driven economic boom of recent years will most likely moderate over the n...
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Read More Colombia Infrastructure Report
44 pages    Pub date: November 18 2008    Annual   
Colombia is very well known for its coffee, which is also a major contributor to the country’s exports. The Colombian economy has witnessed positive growth for the past three years and logged 14.3% growth year-on-year (y-o-y) in Q107, reaching a value of COP86,298bn (US$42.55bn). The signing of a free trade agreement (FTA)...
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Read More Colombia Oil & Gas Report
99 pages    Pub date: October 23 2008    Quarterly   
The latest Colombia Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 3.35% of Latin America regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 3.79% of supply. Latin America regional oil use of 6.66mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 reached 7.47mn b/d in 2007. It should average 7.59mn b/d in 2008 and th...
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Read More Colombia Petrochemicals Report
31 pages    Pub date: February 25 2008    Annual   
The Colombia Petrochemicals Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data covering oil and gas, oil refining, olefins (ethylene, propylene), polyolefin’s (polyethylene, polypropylene), polyvinyl chloride and polystyrene.
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Read More Colombia Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
62 pages    Pub date: December 5 2008    Quarterly   
BMI forsees some important short-term economic challenges ahead for Colombia, as the country deals with declining demand from the US and shrinking FDI inflows. However, we reiterate our aggressive forecast for the country’s pharmaceutical market, which remains one of the most attractive in the Americas in terms of c...
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Read More Colombia Power Report
47 pages    Pub date: December 22 2008    Quarterly   
In this updated report, BMI forecasts that Colombia will account for 4.77% of Latin America regional power generation by 2012, with a broadly balanced supply/demand situation that may still require imports on occasion. BMI ’s Latin America power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,088 terawatt hours (TWh), repre...
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Read More Colombia Telecommunications Report
60 pages    Pub date: October 10 2008    Quarterly   
While the Colombian mobile market appeared to be showing signs of fatigue in 2007 it seems to have undergone a transformation seeing growth over the first half of 2008 even stronger than 2007. This is due to a number of factors including the alteration in counting active subscribers introduced in 2007 that saw Movistar
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Read More Ecuador Infrastructure Report
65 pages    Pub date: December 22 2008    Quarterly   
At the time this report was prepared, Ecuador was about to vote on a new Constitution (September 28 2008). On September 28, Ecuador's army expelled Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, seizing US$800mn of Odebrecht's assets in the process. President Correa issued a presidential decree ordering the requisition of Odebr...
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Read More Ecuador Oil & Gas Report
83 pages    Pub date: December 12 2008    Quarterly   
The latest Ecuador Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 2.55% of Latin America regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 4.46% of supply. Latin America regional oil use of 6.66mn b/d in 2001 reached 7.47mn b/d in 2007. It should average 7.59mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 8...
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Read More Mexico Agribusiness Report
59 pages    Pub date: November 7 2008    Quarterly   
The Mexico Agribusiness Report provides industry strategists, service companies, company analysts and consultants, government departments, trade associations and regulatory bodies with Business Monitor International's independent, 5-year commodity supply and demand forecasts, medium term commodity price forecasts and competitive intelligence on leading agribusiness companies in Mexico.
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Read More Mexico Autos Report
53 pages    Pub date: November 12 2008    Quarterly   
The Mexican automotive industry continues to present itself as one of the most attractive production destinations for auto manufacturers targeting to enter either Latin America or North America, according to BMI ’s latest Mexico Automotives Report. Likewise, its proximity to the US market and low manufacturing costs ...
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Read More Mexico Chemicals Report
27 pages    Pub date: March 3 2008    Annual   
The Mexico Chemicals Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data and BMI's independent industry forecasts for basic and speciality chemicals, covering industry value, production, demand, imports, exports and investment, and backed by macroeconomic forecasts and assumptions.
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Read More Mexico Commercial Banking Report
42 pages    Pub date: December 29 2008    Quarterly   
This report is being written at a time when the Global Financial Crisis – which arose as a result of the evaporation of inter-bank liquidity – appears to be moving towards a resolution: the governments of the UK, the US and most of the larger countries in the euro area have all announced plans to make funds available – in ...
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Read More Mexico Defence & Security Report
42 pages    Pub date: February 29 2008    Annual   
The start of President Felipe Calderón’s six-year presidency in December 2006 was inauspicious: with a narrow and contested victory in the elections six months earlier the new leader faced the bitter opposition of Mexico’s left wing parties and lacked a majority in Congress. However, one year on, at the tail end o...
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Read More Mexico Food & Drink Report
74 pages    Pub date: October 10 2008    Quarterly   
The Mexican brewing sector looks set for a shake up following the takeover of Anheuser-Busch by international brewing company InBev . As Anheuser-Busch owns a 50% stake of Mexico’s largest brewery, Grupo Modelo , this acquisition will surely have consequences for the dynamic but highly competitive Mexica...
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Read More Mexico Freight Transport Report
49 pages    Pub date: October 24 2008    Quarterly   
The port authority at Lázaro Cárdenas on the Pacific coast said it was seeking bids for the construction of a new motor vehicle terminal, designed to be capable of handling 700,000 cars a year. An earlier call for bids for a smaller capacity terminal had been cancelled to take into account the higher volumes now needed. Th...
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Read More Mexico Information Technology Report
42 pages    Pub date: November 12 2008    Quarterly   
Market Overview BMI expects that the size of the Mexican IT market will increase from US$10bn in 2007 to around US$16.9bn in 2012. Mexico has plenty of room for progress on a range of ICT indicators, with IT spending as a percentage of GDP at less than 2%, which is well below OECD levels. Greater affo...
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Read More Mexico Infrastructure Report
73 pages    Pub date: December 5 2008    Quarterly   
Key Developments In September 2008, Mexico's Ministry of Communications and Transport launched a tender for the concession of the north-east road package, which will also include the country's first railway to the US in over a century. The ministry is seeking bids for a 30-year concession to upgrade, construc...
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Read More Mexico Insurance Report
78 pages    Pub date: December 22 2008    Quarterly   
BMI ’s Mexico Insurance report has been written at a time that the global financial crisis, which arose as a result of the evaporation of inter-bank liquidity, appeared to be moving towards a resolution. The governments of the UK, the USA and most of the larger countries in the euro area have all announced plans to m...
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Read More Mexico Mining Report
59 pages    Pub date: August 19 2008    Annual   
The Mexico Mining Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data and forecasts to end-2012, covering all headline indicators for mining; company rankings and competitive landscapes covering mining exploration and production.
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Read More Mexico Oil & Gas Report
85 pages    Pub date: November 19 2008    Quarterly   
The latest Mexico Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 26.10% of Latin America regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 28.34% of supply. Latin America regional oil use of 6.66mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 reached 7.47mn b/d in 2007. It should average 7.59mn b/d in 2008 and th...
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Read More Mexico Petrochemicals Report
38 pages    Pub date: February 15 2008    Annual   
Market Structure The Mexican petrochemicals industry has not managed to attract adequate investment from either private or public sources. Furthermore, despite housing substantial indigenous oil resources, the country is heavily reliant on the US for feedstock supply. However, the present government seems com...
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Read More Mexico Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
75 pages    Pub date: October 10 2008    Quarterly   
Mexico’s drug market was valued at MXN132.2bn (US$12.1bn) in 2007. While the market is second to Brazil in its overall size, other factors such as a regionally high per capita drug spend (US$114 in 2007), a free pharmaceutical pricing environment and strong trade ties with the US, make it one of the top prospects for drugm...
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Read More Mexico Power Report
47 pages    Pub date: December 10 2008    Quarterly   
The new Mexico Power Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 25.14% of Latin America regional power generation by 2012, with a developing power surplus available for export to the US. BMI ’s Latin America power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,088 terawatt hours (TWh), representing ...
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Read More Mexico Telecommunications Report
72 pages    Pub date: October 16 2008    Quarterly   
Mexico became the first country in Latin America to introduce number portability (NP) on July 5 2008. Although there were some technical issues from some smaller operators the process was introduced on time and the regulator stated that the majority of networks only suffered minor failures. The introduction of NP has lead ...
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Read More Mexico Tourism Report
37 pages    Pub date: November 28 2008    Quarterly   
H108 Arrivals Show Moderate Growth H108 tourist arrivals released by the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) indicate that tourist arrivals into the country in the first half of the year posted moderate growth. Total tourist arrivals were 11.4mn, up from H107, when arrivals totalled 10.96mn, representing growth of 4...
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