Changing shipment origin won't wash: US CBP turns away whole truckloads
Misdeclared shipments are causing delays at US borders, with full truckloads being turned away if ...
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By Mike Wackett
Import container throughput at the 10 largest US ports fell 3.3% in June, year on year, to 1.7m teu, according to the latest data from Blue Alpha Capital
“The impact of tariffs is becoming apparent and, absent any changes, the effect will become more pronounced,” said the consultancy’s founder and author of the report, John D McCown.
“The containers arriving in June were loaded in China after the 25 February decision to defer increasing tariff rates, and some were even in the ...
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JM
July 25, 2019 at 9:01 pmUm, you’ve got a pretty obvious headline typo there
Alex Lennane
July 26, 2019 at 8:41 amWe really did! Thank you for pointing it out.