Category Archives: Duty-free preferences

Sandler Trade LLC brings unparalleled experience in how to maximize the use of duty-free and reduced-duty preferences for exports from emerging-market producers into the markets of the United States, European Union, Canada, and other developed countries. Ms. Sandler knows which products can achieve the greatest duty savings, maximizing their attractiveness to importers, and also knows how to analyze trade data to reveal if producers and importers are not taking full advantage of preferential treatment, resulting in thousands of dollars in duties being paid in error.

Ms. Sandler is well-versed in the preference programs’ regulatory processes and how and when producers and importers can most cost-effectively submit requests to add new products and to retain duty-free or reduced-duty entry for currently eligible products. In addition, because of Ms. Sandler’s years of leading the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program, she has built strong working relationships with the agencies involved in making these decisions.

Sandler Trade LLC Supports National “Imports Work” Week: Imports Drive Development and Natural Disaster Recovery

International trade fuels emerging-market development through growing a stable middle class, empowering women, and creating jobs and sustainable economies especially in remote communities and neighborhoods where the concepts of “hope” and “a good future” are rare commodities. The Generalized System … Continue reading

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Inside U.S. Trade Looks to Alliance of GSP Countries and GSP Coalition of Importers about GSP Renewal

Courtesy of Inside U.S. Trade Businesses and Countries Hope Sen. Wyden May Break GSP Deadlock, Urge Speedy Renewal More than 450 business groups and companies urged members of Congress in a letter last week to renew the expired Generalized System of Preferences … Continue reading

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The Exhibitor’s Guide to Maximizing Your Trade Show Experience: Preparation, Presentation, Persistence

The Exhibitor’s Guide to Maximizing Your Trade Show Experience: Preparation, Presentation, Persistence If you missed the webinar, you can still view a video with full video and audio by Registering here for a fee of $30. The Webinar highlights the most important steps you can take … Continue reading

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Press Release – Countries Urge Renewal of Duty-Free Access to the U.S. Market

  The fifteen nations of Algeria, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Fiji, Georgia, Indonesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, and Yemen have formed the Alliance of GSP Countries to urge extension of duty-free treatment of U.S. imports from their … Continue reading

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Sandler Trade LLC and the Royal Thai Embassy’s Commercial Office Launch GSP Beneficiary Countries Advocacy for Prompt GSP Renewal – The Clock is Ticking!

Washington, D.C. – On April 17th, the Royal Thai embassy hosted an organizational session for a newly formed Alliance of GSP Countries (A-GSPC). The meeting was facilitated by Sandler Trade LLC and enthusiastically received by over twenty participating GSP beneficiary … Continue reading

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Sandler Trade LLC reaches out to Nigerian exporters

The difference between airport services at Dulles International Airport and Port-Harcourt International Airport was not hard to miss as I arrived at the airport in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. From the wave of heat that hit me in the face when I … Continue reading

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The Latest Projects at Sandler Trade LLC – Making International Trade Really Happen!

What’s new “by us”? We don’t let the grass grow under our feet, as they say. Here are a few of our trade-expansion projects that may pique your interest. We welcome your thoughts or questions! Please email Marideth Sandler at … Continue reading

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Bringing a Timor-Leste Weaver to the International Stage

Promoting Timor-Leste’s artisans in the U.S. market has been a top priority for Sandler Trade LLC. We greatly value the cultures of developing countries and deeply committed to bringing the handcrafted arts of Timor-Leste to global attention and markets. To … Continue reading

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Dreaming of your Tariff Refunds when GSP is reinstated?

A quick update on recent good news on U.S. imports from emerging markets: 1. Congress reauthorized through July 2013 the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. This means that eligible exports from 129 developing countries will begin to enter the U.S. duty-free. 2. Congress … Continue reading

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GSP Passes in the Senate!

Great news! The U.S. Senate passed the GSP/Trade Adjustment Assistance bill by a final vote of 70-27.  Sixteen Republicans voted with all Senate Democrats present to pass the bill. The GSP/TAA bill must be approved once more by the House because their first passage of the … Continue reading

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