Written on August 19, 2016 in
Bolivia
In June, the GSP program saved American companies $61 million on about $1.5 billion in imports. GSP saved U.S. companies $353 million in the first half of 2016, more than any year since 2012. Overall, the value of GSP imports increased by 9 percent and the value of GSP tariff savings increased by 14 percent...
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Written on August 1, 2016 in
GSP
Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the GSP program going back into effect. What has been the impact since then? On the data side, we know the renewal alone led to about $1.3 billion in refunds. We also know that GSP waived about $580 million in additional import taxes from August 2015 to May 2016...
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In May, the GSP program saved American companies $62 million on about $1.6 billion in imports. The GSP program saved U.S. companies $292 million in the first five months of 2016. Overall, the value of GSP imports and tariff savings both increased by more than 10 percent compared to May 2015. Some states, such as...
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