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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...
14.02.07
Intra-Asia Container Volumes Grow 5% in 2013
A total of 14.284 million TEUs of containerized shipments were traded among 12 countries and regions in Asia in 2013, increasing 5% year on year from 13.598 million TEUs. Imports to and exports fro...
14.02.04
Box Traffic at Laem Chabang Tops 6 Mln TEU Mark
Container throughput in 2013 at major ports in Thailand was recently unveiled. Laem Chabang handled 6,041,475 TEUs, growing 1.9% year on year from 5,926,436 TEUs. Throughput at the port exceeded th...
14.02.03
Korea Places New Regulation on Fish Cargo
The Korea National Fisheries Products Quality Administration Service (KNFPQA) has reported a new regulation which will be effective as of January 31, 2014, according to the Website of the Chilean c...
