Based on data released today by the U.S. government, GSP expiration cost U.S. importers $56.5 million in September – about $20,000 more than it cost in August. In those first two months, that works out to about $1.85 million for each day that GSP was expired. Today is the 110th day since GSP expired, so...
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Written on November 13, 2013 in
Ohio
A number of companies have responded to our survey on the importance of a retroactive renewal, but we wanted to highlight one comment made by a small manufacturer with operations in both Ohio and Texas. (If you haven’t answered the survey yet, be sure to do so here.) In just three short sentences, this person...
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Written on September 10, 2013 in
Arizona
With Congress returning to DC and companies beginning to feel the sting of expiration, more and more American organizations are calling for immediate renewal of the GSP program.The map below shows the 20+ companies and associations – based in 16 states – have joined the supporter list since GSP expired, including the seven new additions...
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