Romelda Ascutia
US undertakes review of Thailand’s GSP eligibility
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced May 17 that it is accepting a petition from the National Pork Producers Council...
Boeing: WTO ruling on Airbus subsidy ‘a landmark decision’
U.S. top aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. has called "a landmark decision" a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) May 15 determining that the...
US issues WTO complaint against Indian wheat, rice
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue have announced that the United States submitted a counter notification in the World Trade...
HK economy grows stronger than expected in Q1
Hong Kong's economy grew 4.7% in the first quarter of 2018 from a year earlier due to the strong rise in external and domestic...
Asia-Pacific economic outlook stays strong but risks dominate
The economic outlook for Asia and the Pacific remains strong, and the region continues to be the most dynamic of the global economy. But...
Volume, value of HK exports up in March
Hong Kong registered increases in both volume and value of total merchandise exports in March 2018 and in the first quarter of the year...
ASEAN trade facilitation efforts making progress
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) directors-general of Customs held their 27th meeting May 2 to May 4 in Langkawi, Malaysia to review...
Malaysia’s March exports break records
Malaysian exports in March 2018 totaled MYR84.47 billion (US$21.39 billion), increasing by 2.2% from March 2017, the highest monthly export value ever recorded, the...
ASEAN+3 regional growth pegged at 5.4% this year
Boosted by favorable global conditions, economic growth in the ASEAN+3 region is projected at 5.4% in 2018, down slightly from 5.6% in 2017 but...
VN airport’s automated cargo control system handled over 175,000 customs declarations
After five months of pilot-testing the deployment of the automatic cargo control system at Vietnam’s Noi Bai International Airport, Vietnam Customs reported that 175,766...
