Category: Brazil

GSP Expiration Cost American Companies $61 Million in April

Written on June 6, 2014 in Brazil

Everyone likes to start the weekend on a positive note, right!?!? So we’re sorry to report that new data released this week showed that American companies paid another $61 million in unnecessary taxes in April because Congress still has not renewed the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. More than a quarter of those taxes...

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GSP Expiration Cost American Companies $57 Million in March

Written on May 9, 2014 in Brazil

According to new data released this week, GSP expiration cost American importers another $56.9 million in higher import taxes in March on $1.6 billion in GSP-claimed imports. That brings the total tariffs paid because of expiration to $441 million from August 1 to March 31. Since GSP has been expired for an additional 6 weeks...

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GSP Expiration Cost Another $54 Million in November 2013

Written on January 10, 2014 in Brazil

Big trade news out of Washington yesterday: data released showed that $1.4 billion in GSP-eligible goods were imported in November. Unfortunately, since GSP was expired, American companies paid an extra $53.7 million in taxes. Most of the companies paying those taxes are small businesses that can least afford them. Nearly 80 percent of companies on...

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