A New Jersey-based company (that wishes to remain anonymous) recently told me why GSP’s expiration is particularly harmful to their business. The company provides goods and services to hundreds of municipal water and sewer boards around the country, including those in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, and Miami. Since its clients ar...
Continue readingNearly $80 million worth of gelatin sheets and derivatives entered the United States duty free in 2010 under GSP, accounting for 44% of total U.S. gelatin imports. GSP saved American manufacturers $3.5 million last year, about the same as 2009. Brazil, Argentina, and India are the top GSP supplier countries, although Colombia also expor...
Continue reading…and Wikipedia. Apparently, Congress first created a holiday for government offices in Washington, DC in honor of George Washington in 1880. Five years later, the holiday was expanded to cover all federal workers, and for the next 85 years government workers took off February 22, Washington’s birthday. In 1971, Congre...
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