Trade Intelligence

Our regional team of trade and customs consultants works with a wide variety of companies across the region on their challenges and opportunities. We monitor, analyse and clarify the cross-border trade regulatory landscape on a daily basis.

On a bi-monthly basis we consolidate our latest findings and experiences into our market-leading "Trade Intelligence Asia Pacific", now in its 20th year of publication. 

The January / February 2024 issue of Trade Intelligence includes the following highlights:

  • A little knowledge. The practical dangers of knowing too much or too little
  • Indian Customs only accepting paper certificates of origin for ASEAN origin exports 
  • China updates customs related dispute resolution process under Administrative Reconsideration Cases 
  • New ruling says that India Customs must prove what it thinks is the correct tariff classification code if it alleges that an import has been misclassified 
  • New Indonesian import restrictions start biting 
  • Increased audit scrutiny on cross-border related-party transactions in Korea 
  • Option to extend re-export timeframe to remain eligible for sales tax exemptions in Malaysia  
  • Launch of mandatory eCO portal in the Philippines to apply for ATIGA e-Form D  
  • Newly revised Free Trade Zone regime took effect in Singapore 
  • Maximum penalty for bonded warehouse and container yard violations increase by tenfold in Taiwan R.O.C 
  • Vietnam issues revised rules of origin and origin certification procedures
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