Nearly $80 million worth of gelatin sheets and derivatives entered the United States duty free in 2010 under GSP, accounting for 44% of total U.S. gelatin imports. GSP saved American manufacturers $3.5 million last year, about the same as 2009. Brazil, Argentina, and India are the top GSP supplier countries, although Colombia also expor...
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Written on February 17, 2011 in
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Ok, so that’s a bad play on words, but radial tires are one of the most valuable GSP imports. In 2010, GSP imports of tires for passenger cars, trucks, and buses exceeded $725 million, saving American importers $29 million. Thailand and Indonesia are the two leading GSP suppliers of radial tires under GSP, combining for...
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Americans love their pickles. According to Pickle Packers International and its I Love Pickles website, we eat 2.5 billion pounds of pickles every year, or 20 billion pickles total. I Love Pickles has many other fun facts, but GSP didn’t make the cut. Perhaps it should have, since more than $30 million worth of jarred...
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