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...
Continue readingIn the last month before GSP expired on December 31, it saved American companies $79 million on about $1.8 billion in imports. GSP imports were up by 17 percent – and tariffs savings were up by 29 percent – compared to December 2016. Total 2017 savings from GSP increased at least $136 million over 2016....
Continue readingGSP expired on December 31, but new data available show GSP imports continued to climb toward the end of last year. In November, GSP saved American companies $84 million on about $2.0 billion in imports – once again exceeding any single month all the way back to October 2006. GSP imports were up by 14...
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