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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

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In April of 2022, British American Tobacco, headquartered in the UK, agreed to pay $508 million in fines for selling their products to North Korea. First, even if fines are not applied, goods moving across borders with incorrect documentation can be held up at the border. appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Made in “I Really Don’t Know”

Talking Logistics

As first reported by Fairfax Media , a factory in North Korea has been making high-priced surf and snow gear for Australian surfwear company Rip Curl since at least 2014, with the garments labeled “Made in China.” We do not approve or authorise any production of Rip Curl products out of North Korea.”

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Global Trade Compliance is a Massive Undertaking for Big Shippers

Logistics Viewpoints

This solution helps companies to automate their international trade compliance processes, manage partners and trade compliance-related documents, and ensure that their companies monitor and comply with the ongoing revisions and amendments to international legal requirements. Restricted Party Screening Challenges are Massive.

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