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Against the odds: Risky business

11 January 2022

As we commence the new year, the stark realisation is that supply chain professionals are going to have to become very creative to meet their budget targets.
While hedging a raft of risks.
(Recent) history repeating
I genuinely hope that all you dear readers have had some respite during the holiday season.
As we return to work, we are faced with depressingly familiar headlines such as China’s Ningbo province implementing Covid restrictions, which is …

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UK fashion houses hit out at post-Brexit ‘hidden costs’ for EU customers

24 February 2021

UK fashion labels are increasingly concerned at the complexities of operating in the post-Brexit world, with “hidden costs” and reverse logistics threatening business viability.
Director of Scottish brand 6876 Kenneth MacKenzie said EU consumers were becoming steadily more reluctant order UK brands due to longer transit times and additional costs linked to duty and VAT.
Mr MacKenzie told The Loadstar: “Customers are not aware of how much they will be paying for duty, …

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Shipper relief as Australia’s plan for biosecurity levy is scrapped

20 May 2020

Australian shippers breathed a sigh of relief today with the scrapping of the controversial plan for a biosecurity import levy.
The department of agriculture said the move followed industry consultation which suggested the levy “could not be implemented without significant regulatory impacts on industry and proposed levy payers.”
It added: “This decision has also been made in consideration of the ongoing impacts of drought, bushfires and Covid-19 on the Australian economy, and …

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DHL calls on Brazil to streamline taxes in a bid to boost supply chain efficiencies

16 September 2019

Brazil’s government must streamline its tax systems to boost trade and reduce the overwhelming levels of congestion that have plagued its ports in recent years.
Chief executive of DHL Supply Chain in Latin America, Javier Bilbao, said Brazil ranked among one of the most complicated countries in the world for logistics operators.
“There are issues with geography and there is a lack of infrastructure encapsulated by poor quality roads away from the main centres,” he told The …

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‘Unfair’ Australian biosecurity tax just a ‘smokescreen of spin’, says industry

12 March 2019

Fourteen industry associations in Australia have called on the government to scrap its “reckless” and “unfair” biosecurity tax on maritime imports.
Scheduled to begin in July, the Biosecurity Import Levy will raise A$10.02 per teu (US$7) and A$1 per tonne of non-containerised cargo, with the government aiming to collect around $360m over three years.
The tax coincides with increased supply chain disruption due to crop-eating pests called Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs.
Acknowledging the …

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