GSP saved American companies a record $105 million in October 2018. The savings exceeded the previous 10-year high – set just two months earlier – by $12 million (13%). GSP savings are on track to exceed $1 billion in 2018, likely for the first time in GSP’s 40-plus year history. As recently as 2015, GSP...
Continue readingGSP saved American companies $894 million in 2017, an increase of nearly $30 million from past estimates. The new estimates are based on revisions and updates from the U.S. Census Bureau published in June and August, and details on some of the increases are below. Even before upward revisions, U.S. companies’ tax benefits from GSP...
Continue readingGSP benefits have been back in place for two months, though companies continue to wait for refunds of tariffs paid during the expiration. The map below shows the overall value of imports claiming GSP (in blue) and eventual tax savings (in red) by state from the first four months of 2018. Nearly all of these...
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