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14.02.27
South Korea Sets Target Box Throughput of 24.41M TEUs for 2014
South Korea has set a target container throughput for 2014. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries projects the nation will handle a total of 24.41 million TEUs of containers this year, which would i...
14.02.24
China-wide Port Box Traffic Rises 5.2% in January
China ports container movement posted a 5.2 percent year-on-year increase in throughput nationwide to 16.56 million TEUs in January. Seaports handled 14.91 million TEUs of containerized shipments, ...
14.02.20
Asia to US Box Trade Expands 3.5% to 13.85Mln TEUs in 2013
A total of 1,107,494 TEUs of containerized shipments were traded from 18 economies in Asia to the U.S. in December 2013, growing 10.5% from a year earlier and representing a year-on-year improvemen...
14.02.18
HK, ROK Customs Agree on AEO Mutual Recognition
At their 31st Customs Cooperation Conference, the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department (C&ED) and the Korea Customs Service (KSC) discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest including an...
14.02.17
Japanese-Funded Firms Run 2,542 Business Footholds in India
More than 1,000 Japanese enterprises do business in India now. As of October 2013, a total of 1,072 companies from Japan had launched operations in India, growing by 146 (15.8%) from a year earlier...
14.02.14
Japan Customs' New AFR Prompts Carriers to Introduce Surcharges
In light of the upcoming implementation of the Advance Filing Rules (AFR) by Japan Customs on March 1, 2014, the manifest transmission for export cargoes to Japan will now be required to be reporte...
14.02.14
Japan Customs to Expand e-File Terminals
The Ministry of Finance (MOF)'s Customs and Tariff Bureau (CTB) will install e-file terminals at 10 locations on March 3, 2014 and at two on April 1. Currently, e-file terminals are available at a ...
14.02.13
Asia to Europe Box Trade Sees 3.7% Growth in 2013
Containerized exports from Asia to Europe monitored by U.K.'s Container Trades Statistics (CTS) rose by 3.7% from a year earlier to 14 million TEUs in 2013, but fell a bid short of the 2011 figure ...
14.02.12
Vietnam Customs Extends e-Customs Test Run
Vietnam'a General Administration of Customs has postponed the test run period of its planned e-customs procedure known as the Vietnam Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System (VNACCS/VCIS) to F...
14.02.10
Nhava Sheva Box Terminal to Be Partly Closed
The container terminal at Nhava Sheva, located on the west coast of India, will be partially shutdown for six weeks from the beginning of March to set up new harbor cranes. During the period, loadi...
