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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

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. Secondly, one core supply chain application is a transportation management system. It is important to know the total landed cost inclusive of transportation and tariff costs.

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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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Has China lost its relevance as a production location?

Supply Chain Movement

The general price level of products made in China is rising rapidly, and it has been claimed that some of the products actually originate in North Korea. 4 “Transportation time is too long and no longer competitive”. In other words, the location itself – and hence the transportation time – is the same as it was.

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Forced Labor in Seafood Supply Chains

EcoVadis

State Department responded to the media reports by blacklisting Thailand – essentially placing constraints on Thai trade similar to those placed on North Korea. The enabling variables span multiple tiers of the supply chain, including recruitment and transport subcontractors—many of which seafood buyers are unaware of.

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What Supply Chain Risks Must Supply Chain Execs Keep Top of Mind?

GlobalTranz

Hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and even astrological events, such as solar flare ups, can impact the ability of supply chain entities to transport goods. This also includes supply chains who are not directly transporting goods to and from other countries. appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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What of our Brad?

Tailwind

But at Tailwind Transportation Software we are lucky because we have a Brad. I have been coaching him not to be such a ‘stiff upper lip’, like this guy, who is far too serious about his CNN debut as an expert on North Korea. appeared first on Tailwind Transportation Software. Have a little brother named Dave.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The kids are back at school, we have air conditioning again, and North Korea tested a nuclear bomb yesterday. “If According to the press release: The new Matternet M2 drone is completely autonomous [and] can transport up to 2 kilograms (4.4 Everything is back to normal. I’m rooting for love. Over 54 million transactions YTD.