By Xiaoxia July 31 / Xinhua NANNING, July 31 (Xinhua) — Southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has seen its coastal industries enter the fast lane of development thanks to a new trade corridor connecting western China and other countries and regions with land-sea intermodal transport. The cities on the shoreline of Guangxi’s Beibu Gulf,…
DetailsBy Steve Agbota Jul 29 2019 / Business Nigeria introduced the single window concept at its seaports in 2006, to enable swift movement of goods and services in the ports after it was developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in 2005. The concept was actually put in place then to simplify,…
DetailsRecent transfers of Vigilance Officers who were conducting investigating into corrupt deals by IRS officers posted at Air Cargo Complex send wrong signals to public and stakeholders By Rajiv Singh Jul 28 2019 / Indian Legal Even after several recent cases of customs officers being suspended for aiding and abetting in smuggling at the Air…
DetailsBy Andrew Hammond – July 17 2019/ The Business Times THE EU and Canada begin a two-day summit in Montreal on Wednesday. Centrestage in the discussions will be the landmark bilateral trade agreement which many Brexiteers believe is the best template for a future EU-UK deal, despite the plethora of potential pitfalls for the United…
DetailsBy Rea Cu July 16 2019/ BusinessMirror AN order by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) allowing non-Customs brokers to practice the profession has been described by the Chamber of Customs Brokers Inc. (CCBI) as “unfair and degrading” to professional customs brokers. In a letter obtained by the BusinessMirror, the CCBI wrote to Customs Commissioner Rey…
DetailsBy Easton Contributor – July 16 2019 White House expects retaliation from China over increased tariffs, economic adviser Larry Kudlow admits, as Trump ramps up trade war The U.S. is awaiting retaliation from China over increased tariffs, after talks in Washington ended without a deal on trade, the president‘s chief economic adviser said on Sunday.…
DetailsIn early 2016, due to adoption of the economic part of the Association Agreement between Ukraine, the EU, Russia suspended thefree trade zone agreement with Ukraine to protect the economic interests By Kiev – July 15 2019/ TASS Ukraine’s government has extended its ban on imports of Russian goods until December 31, 2020, by amending…
DetailsBy Julian Ryall – July 15 2019/ South China Moring Post South Korea is braced for Japan to further escalate the countries’ trade dispute by removing Seoul from Tokyo’s “white list” of trusted trade partners and subsequently imposing new customs clearance restrictions on 40 categories of products, which could amount to 1,100 specific items. Officials…
DetailsWill Waters | Thursday, 11 July 2019 Global cargo crime study by TT Club and BSI highlights risks and responses, recommending that information and access are limited to a ‘need to know’ basis A new global cargo crime study has highlighted a growing threat of cargo thefts involving ‘insiders’, alongside various other trends and recommendations. In…
DetailsZelensky obliges govt to create information resource for declaring goods – decree on fight against smuggling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree aimed at decreasing smuggling and corruption during customs declaration of goods imported to the customs territory of Ukraine. According to the decree signed on Tuesday, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine…
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