10 May 2021 – E-commerce has been a rapidly advancing trend for years, and the COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated the growth of online sales along with the demand for e-commerce services in both B2B and B2C. To expand its expertise and complete its service portfolio, cargo-partner has purchased the German-based company Repalog – a…
9 March 2021 – BIS fines German company & issues 3 years suspended export ban for Iran sanctions violations The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) denied export privileges for a German aircraft maintenance company MSI Aircraft Maintenance Services International GmbH & Co. (MSI) and fined it a civil penalty of $51,921 for procuring U.S.…
The country most affected by customs delays in the first half of this year was Germany, with 20% of manufacturing orders being held up for further investigation. 22nd September 2020 – One in ten manufactured parts imported to Europe since the outbreak of COVID-19 are being held up at EU customs clearance, slowing down production…
Following an amendment to Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 on EU customs rules, from 1 January 2021 it will be possible to declare goods up to €150 with a simplified customs declaration. The existing VAT exemption for goods up to 22 € will thus be abolished – the popular shipments from China with the label “Gift, 10$”…
By Petra Hannen and Sandra Enkhardt Nov 22 2019 / PV Magazine Investigators have accused the Bad Staffelstein-based business of having purchased incorrectly-declared modules from China and evading around €23 million in import duties. The company’s head office and the private apartments of board members have been searched. Although the minimum import price applied by…
Beyond the current down cycle, can Singapore’s key electronics cluster continue to be competitive? By Lynette Tan Nov 9 2019 / The Business Times Singapore hosts the entire semiconductor value chain IT all started 51 years ago, and throughout the half century or so, Singapore’s key semiconductor industry has had its ups and downs. It…
Oct 31 2019 / /PR Newswire Asia BANGKOK, Oct. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thanks to its integrated, end-to-end solution set up and its global network, the logistics service provider is able to prepare its customers for changes in the upgraded FTA. During a customs clearance seminar in Thailand, the company presented its first own branded…
Sep 30 2019 / The STAT TIMES E-commerce shipments arriving at Leipzig/Halle Airport will be completely digital and automated thanks to the newly introduced Customs software called ZODIAK, developed and operated by the Hamburg software specialist DAKOSY. The software, which is approved for all ATLAS Customs procedures, is now being used at Germany’s second-largest air…
Edited by Yan Sep 29 2019 / XinhuaNet HOHHOT, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) — Manzhouli, the largest land port on the China-Russia border, has seen 5,000 China-Europe freight trains since 2013, according to local customs. There are currently 52 routes of China-Europe freight trains via the land port, which help promote the trade between over 60…
By Ambrose Evens-Pritchard Aug 21 2019 / The Telegraph Britain’s trade transport system is no longer fit for purpose. Today’s deformed structure amounts to a failure of statecraft over decades and – as we are discovering – is a potential threat to economic national security. Goods from Germany’s Ruhr Valley or the manufacturing clusters of Baden-Württemberg…
