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Countries cut back red tape to attract new investment
The UNCTAD World Investment Report 2017: Investment and the Digital Economy finds that 79% of the newly adopted investment policy measures in 2016 were...
Global FDI to rise by 5% in 2017, says UN report
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) is expected to rise by 5%, to almost 1.8 trillion in 2017, according to the World Investment Report 2017:...
Supply Chain Management Series: Ethics in Purchasing and Supply—Part 1
This is the first article in our series on International Supply Chain Management, which will include topics relating to the corporate supply chain environment,...
Draft PH order tackles storage of overstaying and abandoned goods
Rules on the temporary storage of imported goods declared overstaying or abandoned have been drafted by the Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) and Bureau...
WCO pushes for efficient transit regimes
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is organizing the first Global Transit Conference on July 10-11, 2017 with the aim of leading discussions on transforming Landlocked...
Brunei undertakes SAFE-AEO Programme Assessment Workshop
A three-day SAFE (World Customs Organization Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Trade)–Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program assessment workshop was recently held at the headquarters of...
China’s single window fully implemented within the year
The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) said it is working with other government authorities and local governments to fully implement the single...
Draft PH Customs rules give directions for marking imported goods
The Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have issued a draft order outlining guidelines for marking imported goods of...
Australia first WTO member to eliminate farm export subsidies
Australia has become the first World Trade Organization member with export subsidies entitlements to eliminate them from its WTO schedule of commitments, in line...
Executive order revises duty for certain PH import commodities
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed several executive orders (EO) modifying the rates of duty for several products imported into the Philippines.
The new executive orders...
