Written on March 18, 2021 in
Brazil
American companies paid at least $70 million in tariffs in January 2021 due to GSP expiration. The map below shows estimated tariffs for products claiming GSP paid by state. The products facing the most new tariffs vary greatly by state: In Florida, roses faced more than $1.8 million in new tariffs due to GSP expiration...
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Written on September 18, 2020 in
USA
The Coalition for GSP has an open-ended survey asking companies how Covid-19 impacts their operations and GSP imports. Last night we received an interesting response from an importer of cast acrylic plastics. For those unfamiliar with plastic variations (like us), here is what they wrote: Cell cast acrylic is the raw material used to create...
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Written on January 6, 2017 in
Armenia
In October, the GSP program saved American companies $64 million on about $1.6 billion in imports. The value of GSP imports increased by about 4 percent, while the tariff savings increased by nearly 9 percent compared to October 2015. Overall, GSP saved U.S. companies $600 million in the first 10 months of 2016. GSP savings...
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