According to new research from the Coalition for GSP, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program saved American companies $879 million in 2020. Total imports under GSP were nearly $17 billion. Overall GSP imports and savings were down from 2019 due to both country terminations and coronavirus impacts. GSP savings started growing again in l...
Continue readingYesterday we published new data showing state-by-state GSP tariff savings for the first half of 2020, and how savings changed from the first half of 2019. As noted, there have been widespread declines, but NOT resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, as many might assume. Instead, declines stem primarily from GSP country suspensions, which cost Americ...
Continue readingAfter Congress voted nearly unanimously to renew GSP last year, American small businesses ask Congress to examine whether kicking countries that provide a third of the duty-free benefits out of the program reflects Congressional intent American businesses: “By lowering tariffs for American companies that import under GSP, it supports jobs and...
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