GSP saved American companies $66 million in June, about $39 million less than in May and $15 million less (-18%) from June 2018. The June declines reflect the first full month without GSP eligibility for imports from Turkey and first (mostly) full month without GSP for India. In the first six months of 2019, GSP...
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GSP saved American companies over $1.03 billion in 2018, smashing the previous high of $894 million set in 2017. GSP benefited companies in every state – and GSP savings exceeding $1 million for 41 states plus Puerto Rico. The map below shows the overall value of 2018 GSP imports (in blue) and tax savings (in...
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Written on March 8, 2018 in
Alaska
New trade data for January came out yesterday and the numbers aren’t pretty: American companies paid $77 million in extra taxes because Congress failed to renew GSP last year. By comparison, the most tariffs paid in a single month during the last 2-year expiration was “just” $61 million. So the stakes for a swift, retroactive...
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