Customs finds cabinet importers evaded Chinese duties by transshipping through Malaysia

21 September 2021 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection has found that a group of cabinet importers is evading antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Chinese products by transshipping them through Malaysia. The story begins in April 2020, when the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association won one of the largest anti-dumping cases ever brought against China. The ITC unanimously found…

Global players start to move in on Indonesia’s e-commerce boom

25 March 2021 – Indonesia’s booming e-commerce sales have attracted investment from international logistics players. Like other Asia Pacific countries it experienced “unprecedented” e-commerce growth last year when Covid hit, with online sales surging 37% to $25bn, according to GlobalData. To cater for the rising demand, Singapore-based e-commerce specialist J&T Express announced this week it had launched…

UAE, Indonesia sign AEO Action Plan

22nd November – 2020 ABU DHABI, (WAM) — Via teleconference, the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Indonesia signed an Action Plan for a mutual recognition arrangement on the Authorised Economic Operator Program, AEO, in a step to facilitate inter-countries trade, effective and swift implementation of program mutual recognition agreement under the umbrella of…

Plastic Waste Piles Up as Indonesia’s Import Crackdown Backfires

By Viriya Singgih Aug 2 2019 / Bloomberg Indonesia’s crackdown on waste imports is backfiring with its plastic recycling industry in disarray and hundreds of containers of used materials clogging its ports. Authorities ordered close scrutiny of trash imports after random inspections in May led to the discovery of more than 80 containers of illegal…

AEC 2015 will have no immediate impact…. but is extremely important for ASEAN

Given the extensive and wildly enthusiastic press coverage which greeted AEC 2015, the economic cooperation agreement between the ten ASEAN nations which came into effect on Jan 1 2016, one could be forgiven for thinking that the skies across the region would by now be being criss-crossed by eager executives of the world’s largest companies,…