Pub date: 02 May 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Business Forecast Report
Core Views Venezuela faces major political and economic uncertainty in the run-up to and immediate aftermath of the October 2012 presidential elections. Rampant monetary stimulus and a relatively ... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 Global Regional Monitor
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Pub date: 10 May 2012 Global Regional Monitor
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Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: Data for 2011 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands demonstrate mixed results for the first year of President Hugo Chávez's government's two-year plan for the agricultural sector, the ... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Autos Industry Report
The government's tightening grip on the local autos manufacturing and suppliers network has given BMI more reasons to be pessimistic about the recovery and future of the production segment in Venezue... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Commercial Banking Industry Report
n the surface Venezuela's commercial banking sector looks to be in relatively good shape in the early stages of 2012, with signs that systemic risks have actually moderated since our last update. No... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Consumer Electronics Industry Report
Venezuela's consumer electronics devices market, defined as the addressable market for computing devices, mobile handsets and video, audio and gaming products, is estimated at US$3.6bn in 2012. The ... Read More
Pub date: 28 Nov 2011 Latin America / Venezuela Defence & Security Industry Report
Venezuela’s relationship with Russia under President Hugo Chávez’s regime again proved to be a fruitful one for the country’s defence industry in late 2011. Venezuela’s defence expenditure will recei... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Food & Drink Industry Report
Private consumption was pretty strong in the latter stages of 2011, a trend which is likely to be continued in the early stages of 2012 given the huge amount of monetary stimulus still in the pipelin... Read More
Pub date: 23 Dec 2011 Latin America / Venezuela Freight Transport Industry Report
BMI View: A Year of Slow Growth 2012 will be a year of slow growth and low profitability for the Venezuelan freight transport industry. With presidential and gubernatorial elections due in October 2... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Information Technology Industry Report
BMI View: BMI has made a modest upwards adjustment to its 2012 IT spending forecast due to macroeconomic factors. Venezuela is one of the smaller markets in its region, but a PC penetration rate of ... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Infrastructure Industry Report
Despite fundamental and deep-rooted problems in Venezuela’s construction industry, 2011 should see it return to growth, following two years of contraction. The government’s plan to ramp up housing c... Read More
Pub date: 08 Jul 2011 Latin America / Venezuela Mining Industry Report
The administration of President Hugo Chávez continues to nationalise companies working across the mining sector. Consequently, the operating environment for privately-owned domestic or international ... Read More
Pub date: 08 May 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: By supplying oil to Syria, Venezuela may have exposed itself to the threat of sanctions. The ill health of President Hugo Chavez ahead of October 2012 elections also generates fresh uncerta... Read More
Pub date: 04 Nov 2011 Latin America / Venezuela Petrochemicals Industry Report
Progress on expansion of the Venezuelan petrochemicals industry has been slow and undermined by the government’s policy in upstream sectors that provide feedstock and its general indifference to impr... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Venezuela's pharmaceutical industry will face increasingly harsh pricing policy which is unlikely to tackle the persistent medicine shortage problem. President Hugo Chávez's renewed attempt... Read More
Pub date: 20 Apr 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Power Industry Report
BMI View: The Venezuelan government continues to make extensive promises about raising generating energy capacity to meet demand, while simultaneously demanding that citizens are more efficient in th... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Real Estate Industry Report
Venezuela's real estate sector is like none other in Latin America. In essence, the government - and, thanks to a variety of populist policies, the public sector - is the key player. For years, the g... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Retail Industry Report
The Q212 BMI Venezuela Retail Report forecasts that the country's retail sales will grow by an average 18.1% per annum in local currency terms between 2012 and 2016, from VEB312.09bn (US$145.52bn) to... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Shipping Industry Report
BMI's outlook for Venezuela's ports continues to be extremely bearish, and we do not expect any significant recouping of lost throughput levels over the mid term. Longer term, investments from China ... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Telecommunications Industry Report
The Venezuelan mobile sector reported positive net additions in Q311 (latest data available) following two quarters of declines, and the mobile market had a total of 28.6mn subscribers at the end of ... Read More
Pub date: 01 Nov 2011 Latin America / Venezuela Multinational Companies Country Directory
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