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2/12/2019
Trade Deals across the World: December Edition
Another overview of trade deals in the news the past month. You can read last month’s update here . The World’s Biggest Trade Deal, but Without India The largest trade deal in the world is being negotiated in Asia. China has joined the 14 countries that have already agreed on the terms, but India …
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3/1/2020
Trade Deals Across the World: January Edition
It’s been quite the year when it comes to trade deals, as you may have read in our earlier editions (links at the bottom of this post). The month of December has been a bit slower when it comes to news on the trade deal front. We still found enough interesting snippets to share with you in this …
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11/5/2020
Trade Deals Around the World: May Edition
In most countries around the world, the focus has become internal, as countries battle to control the global coronavirus outbreak. Negotiations and implementations of trade deals are being affected by this. They are slowed down, and in the worst cases even stopped. Still, all is not quiet on the …
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4/6/2020
Trade Deals across the World: June Edition
More countries are starting to look outside their borders again and the trade agreement activity is picking up again. In this month’s edition, we bring you the most important news on the biggest trade deals and refer to some interesting reading material for the smaller ones. Our Trade Deal Around …
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20/12/2019
Happy Holidays and a prosperous 2020!
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Good luck to those working during the festive period and to those with time off: enjoy! A big thanks to our teams on all our locations for their great work this year and of course to our customers for trusting us. On behalf of all employees of …
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8/5/2020
Supply Chain challenges: Medical Supplies
China Struggling to Get Supplies Shipped A recent video from Al Jazeera shows stacks and stacks of medical supplies in China that are waiting to be shipped. There are several issues causing problems shipping them out. The first is the ocean- and air freight capacity. While both ocean and air are …
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4/3/2020
What is a EUR-MED, and when do I need one?
In an earlier blogpost on import- and export documents we explained what a EUR1 Certificate is. Where the EUR1 certificate is a Certificate of Origin of sorts, the EUR-MED is a EUR1 of sorts. What is a EUR-MED? A EUR-MED is a certificate that can be used to move goods between countries of the …
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13/5/2020
Export: Türkiye increases protectionist measures
Import Taxes Increased Fearing and facing a big recession caused by the pandemic, Türkiye is trying to protect its industrial producers from external and foreign competition. The Turkish government has imposed additional import taxes ranging from 2.3% to 45% on products ranging from chemicals to …
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29/5/2020
Export: Türkiye increases import restrictions even further
Even stricter import restrictions Turkey’s Finance Minister Berat Albayrak told representatives of the state-owned Anadolu news agency, that there will be stricter measures for the import of goods, other than strategic goods and products that Türkiye is not able to produce themselves. Arab News …
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26/5/2020
Invoice declarations: Will form A and EUR.1 be a thing of the past?
As I wrote in my blog “Import Documents You May Need When Exporting” I explained various customs documents, one of which was the EUR.1 The EUR.1 Certificate is a Certificate of Origin of sorts. It is used for exporting goods to, or importing goods from the European Union to countries with which …