Written on August 22, 2011 in
GSP
The other day, we received an email from a bicycle manufacturer in Cambodia that has been hurt by GSP expiration. Typically, we focus only on the impacts to American companies here, but this is a story that should be told. As background, Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the world with an average...
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Fort Lee, New Jersey-based Empire Resources issued its quarterly report for the first half of 2011 yesterday. Empire Resources is a distributor of value-added, semi-finished aluminum and steel products and serves more than 200 customers in the transportation, automotive, housing, appliance, and packaging industries. Despite net sales increase...
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Written on August 12, 2011 in
GSP
Yesterday’s trade data showed that American companies paid an estimated $59.6 million in new taxes on $1.5 billion worth of previously GSP-eligible imports in June, bringing the total tariffs paid to $335 million in tariffs on $8.8 billion worth of imports in the first half of the year. Last week, we noted noted that Congress...
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