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Halloween Nightmares: Mitigating Risk for Importers

QAD

In 2012, Customs officers examined a shipment of children’s Halloween pirate costumes from China. In 2018, authorities in Ireland confiscated over 700 Halloween items. This is a particular worry considering the popularity of Halloween bonfires in Ireland. Here are a few examples.

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day 2020

Enterra Insights

The Great Irish Famine devastated Ireland from 1845 to 1849. As a result, the population of Ireland dropped from 8 million people before the famine to 4.4 This figure represents around 25 times the number of people actually living in Ireland today. Today people in the U.S. million in 1911. Patrick’s Day. ”[6].

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

Counties reaching new highs were noted as Italy, noted as reaching a ten month high, Greece, Ireland and Spain. China’s official PMI index compiled by country’s Statistics Bureau and weighted toward state-owned manufacturers recorded its highest reading since April 2012 at a reading of 52.6 for February. in February, increasing 6.9

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GrandVision: “We are changing completely as we become demand driven”

Supply Chain Movement

Rhiannon Davies, joined in 2012 to implement the new supply chain, bring about global compliance and leverage potential efficiencies to drive the strongest conditions and service to customers. “In Grandvision has grand plans. The company is publically traded on Euronext Amsterdam since the IPO in February 2015.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The company launched in Sydney in 2012 and has since expanded its global reach into New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, counting a total of more than two million users —with an employee count of just 209. Leaning on AI Technology.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

Croatia has the highest number of freeports in the EU with Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Sweden having none. Even as a member of the EU, the UK had seven freeports from 1984 to 2012 in various locations, including Liverpool, Southampton, and Glasgow’s Prestwick Airport.

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Delivery Drones are Taking Off! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

million to a $1 billion industry in the five years between 2012 to 2017. For an example of some of the restrictions that apply to drones in Ireland, check out the below graphic from the Irish Aviation Authority. ?. This is fuelling investment and innovation in the area, which in turn is creating a sizeable market.