This Sunday, millions of children will wake up with a basket full of candy, eggs, and other goodies. According to the National Confectioners Association, Easter is the second biggest holiday of the year for confectionery purchases (after only Halloween). In fact, 90 million chocolate bunnies and 16 billion jelly beans are made each yea...
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Written on April 21, 2011 in
Albania
Contrary to popular belief, most products imported under GSP are not finished consumer goods – they are raw materials, components, and other industrial goods used by American manufacturers for domestic production. Ferroalloys, which are used to produce steel, have seen the biggest increase in “imports under GSP” in the beginning o...
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Written on April 20, 2011 in
Georgia
We recently received this email from a small company in Georgia that designs, manufactures, and tests custom optical systems. Its customers range from amateur astronomers right on up to NASA and other government agencies. Here’s what the owner said about GSP expiration: We import zero expansion glass from Russia for use in telesco...
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