On April 16, 2020, the director general of the Thai Customs Department issued Notification No. 81/2563, which introduces new customs measures intended to facilitate the operations of importers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new notification replaces and expands on a previous one (Notification No. 47/2563), issued in March 2020, which allowed importers of goods from…
DetailsLike its Latin American ally, Venezuela, Iran appears to be rebranding its crude oil destined for China in Malaysia to circumvent U.S. sanctions. Data provided to Radio Farda by data intelligence firm Kpler indicates that Iran has suddenly increased oil exports to Malaysia since January. At the same time, official figures show a huge drop…
DetailsA businessman has been jailed for his role in the country’s largest cigarette smuggling case. The man and his company have interim name suppression and appeared at the Auckland District Court on Thursday after earlier admitting charges of defrauding customs, making erroneous entries in customs documents and selling goods without paying duties. The operation involved…
DetailsPETALING JAYA: The government has announced the appointment of Abdul Latif Abdul Kadir as the new customs director-general. He replaces Paddy Abd Halim who retired after 37 years in public service. In a statement, Chief Secretary to the Government Mohd Zuki Ali said Abdul Latif’s appointment would take effect from today. The 59-year-old joined the…
DetailsAfter several months of stay-at-home orders, America’s customs brokerage and freight forwarding firms are preparing to reopen their offices in the weeks and months ahead. However, these companies do not anticipate a return to pre-coronavirus conditions, industry experts say. “Our return-to-office plan considers that the future of work, as we have known it for all…
DetailsFalling demand for air cargo capacity from China and Hong Kong has led to the start of “a more regular pattern” for commercial air cargo, in which the elevated rates of recent weeks begin to descend to more normal levels, according to US freight forwarder Flexport. Flexport also said that the large numbers of ‘preighters’…
DetailsAccording to Nanning Customs, a train carrying 196.99 tons of Thai mangosteens valued at 3.447 million Chinese yuan ($486,700) and 34.56 tons of Thai durians valued at 933,000 yuan ($132,000) reached Pingxiang Railway Port in Guangxi province on May 21. This marks the first time that Thai fruit has entered China via the new cross-border rail service. Following…
DetailsAirfreight demand out of China was lower than expected this week but it started to drop soon after the Golden Week holidays. It was a terrifying time for forwarders before the China holidays and soon after. Empty freighters, canceled charter contracts, missed flights and stricter PPE quality inspections also saw a reduction in demand for…
DetailsWith supply chains currently concerned with coming out of the current lockdown of economies worldwide as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic it could be easy to overlook the impact of substantial changes to the flow of goods between the UK and EU member counties from next year. Speaking exclusively to Logistics Manager Paul Carroll, general manager,…
DetailsThe government has privately conceded there will be post-Brexit checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea, months after Boris Johnson insisted there would be no such trade barriers. In a letter to the executive office in Stormont the government confirmed there would be border control posts in three ports, Belfast, Warrenpoint and Larne. Declan Kearney, one of…
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