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14.06.06
Shanghai Customs Starts CCAM on June 3
In advance of the full-fledged operation of the China Customs Advance Manifest（CCAM）regulation on June 28, Shanghai Customs started from June 3 the advance manifest submission on a trial basis fo...
14.06.04
Intra-Asia Box Traffic Grows 7.3% to 1.25M TEUs in April
Overall throughput of containerized shipments that major shipping companies moved among 12 Asian economies (including Japan) in April 2014 increased 7.3% from a year earlier to 1.254 million TEUs. ...
14.06.04
JIFFA Cargo Throughput up 4.5% to 97.68M Tons in FY2013
A total of 49.67 million revenue tons of international multimodal cargo were imported to and exported from Japan in the second half of fiscal 2013 (October 2013-March 2014), increasing 6.9% year on...
14.06.03
Vietnam's e-Customs now operational nationwide
Vietnam Customs has announced VNACCS/VCIS (Vietnam Automated Cargo And Port Consolidated System), since its inauguration on April 1, 2014, has been operated at over one hundreds of Customs declarat...
14.06.03
Korean Seaports Handle 3.6% More Boxes in April
Container traffic into or out of South Korea's seaports rose 3.6% on year to 2.09 million TEUs. The port of Busan handled 1.58 million TEUs, up 2% from the same month in 2013, followed Gwangyang po...
14.06.02
China Advance Manifest Rule to go into full operation from June 28
With effect from June 28, 2014, China Customs will shift its 24-hour Advance Manifest regime to full-fledged operation for all vessels calling Chinese ports, excluding Hong Kong and Macau, accordin...
14.05.30
Japanese Firms in Thailand Predict Economic Downturn Due to Political Unrest
A recent survey indicated that more Japanese enterprises now anticipate a downturn in the domestic economy in Thailand in 2014. At a time when antigovernment protests have been made for a while now...
14.05.29
China Set to Enforce ''24-hour Advanced Manifest'' in end-June
The new regulation for China Customs Advance Manifest (CCAM) Regulation (China's ''24-hour Advanced Manifest'') will be enforced from June 30, 2014 and in strict implementation no later than Septem...
14.05.28
IADA Recommends July Rate Restoration
As a part of their 2014 Japan Business Plan announced November 27, 2013, the Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) has recommended a rate restoration of US$50 per TEU for cargo to/from Japan. The ...
14.05.27
EU, China Sign Landmark Mutual Recognition Agreement
The European Union (EU) and Chinese trusted traders will enjoy lower costs, simplified procedures and greater predictability in their activities, thanks to a mutual recognition agreement signed rec...
