Written on August 20, 2014 in
GSP
To date, we’ve had about 80 responses to our new expiration survey. That’s decent…but we need a whole lot more (especially since our last survey report had ~220 responses). So if you have not done so already, please take a minute to answer the survey. The deadline to respond is next Friday, August 29, but...
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Written on August 15, 2014 in
Brazil
TRInternational (TRI), based in Seattle, Washington, imports over 3 million pounds of eligible chemical products annually from Brazil, Thailand, and Turkey. These are raw materials that in turn are sold primarily to American manufacturers. As we wrote previously, TRI has made the Puget Sound Business Journal’s “Top 100 Fastest Grow...
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Written on August 13, 2014 in
GSP
Summit Specialty International in Alpharetta, Georgia imports pine interior doors from Brazil that are used for new residential construction. A small company with annual sales of approximately $3 million, the cost of GSP expiration is about 3 percent of annual revenue and has had a tangible impact on the company’s bottom line. According to ow...
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