We frequently note that each day of GSP expiration costs American importers nearly $2 million in additional taxes. We also highlight the diverse GSP importers that are on the supporter list. But we don’t know how many other GSP importers might be paying those taxes on any given day. So we decided to conduct an...
Continue readingYesterday, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) wrote about the negative impact of GSP expiration on…not surprisingly…manufacturers. At the most basic level, because of GSP expiration “many manufacturers’ costs are higher and their competitiveness undermined.” This of course is a point we’ve made a n...
Continue readingAs we noted yesterday, GSP expiration cost American companies $62 million in October. California companies paid an estimated $9.1 million, but more than a third of states faced an extra million dollars in import taxes because GSP remained expired. Taxes paid by companies in both Indiana and Virginia jumped more than 30% from September to...
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