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U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Goods: Understanding the Updates

Talking Logistics

These impacted goods are subject to a 25% increase upon arrival into the U.S. Affected goods include: Plastics/plastic products. Cargo containers. These impacted goods now have a 10% increase upon arrival into the U.S. Affected goods include: Agricultural products – such as fruits, vegetables and honey.

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How to Track Your Ocean Container with IoT

Roambee

With technologies like IoT, however, monitoring your cargo — even on the high seas — is no longer a daunting task. Your containers become harder to trace once they leave a port, and if one of them doesn’t reach its intended destination, you usually have little more than a vague idea or delayed updates about where it went, and how.

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America’s Largest Ocean Ports

3PL Insights

On the export side are bulk coke, scrap metal, chemicals, waste paper and food products. Their top commodities include chemicals, food, iron and steel, retail consumer goods, minerals, food (mostly poultry and citrus), wood pulp, clay and paper. million TEUs come and go in 2015. Draymen registered total 153.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 26 – December 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

billion consumers isn’t immune to Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy’s cost-reduction campaign. The company said it is exiting meal deliveries as well as a service providing bulk doorstep deliveries of packaged consumer goods to small businesses. Ninety-six hours before a strike date, chemicals are no longer transported.

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Green vs. Greenwashing

Freightera

However, it is treated with toxic chemicals that turn it into a silky fabric these companies sold. . Another example of switching focus is listing what is not included or listing one healthy or “good” ingredient that is included in consumer goods. Bamboo is the base material for creating rayon.

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Outlook on U.S. Exports: Forecasting the “Perfect Storm” or Something Else?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

A Diverse Mix of Goods is Driving U.S. export commodity base is a diverse mix of goods and is well balanced across many commodity segments and cargo values. exports are diversified over the material goods segment. Consider this: The U.S. Aside from scrap and recycled products, the remaining two thirds of U.S. exports.

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

Products include petroleum, steel, high-tech, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications equipment, electronics, chemicals, consumer goods, food, lumber and mining products. has 5,054 airports, most of which have paved runways long enough to handle large jets and cargo planes. Cargo transportation in the U.S.