All foreign and domestic facilities that manufacture food products are required to register with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to export goods to the U.S. Food facilities must also renew their registration every other year to stay eligible. The registration deadline is December 31, 2014. Facilities that do not register are uneligible for…
People have been experimenting with 3D printing since the 1980s. It’s only been around for a few years, but people are already starting to use it in the manufacturing sector. Polymer objects from these printers can potentially be used in intricate machines and even human organs. Some people predict that most homes in America will…
The U.S. senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act in 2013. This bit of legislation grants states the authority to charge sales tax to people who purchase goods from online retailers, no matter where the store is located. If Congress signs the bill, this is great news for brick and mortar stores because it evens the…
Currently, if you want to charge your electric vehicle, you must get a special socket installed in your garage. However, BMW is working on a product that will change all that. They want to add charging sockets to street lights everywhere.
Ebay hopes to make selling to overseas buyers from China more affordable and streamlined. That’s why they just partnered up with Winit Corporation, a logistics service provider in Shanghai. The two companies signed an agreement for Winit Corporation to provide eBay with supply chain services. This will facilitate faster delivery of goods from warehouses to…
Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port was just named the world’s most productive port by the U.S. Journal of Commerce. It beat out 483 other ports around the world. The port has always been a leader. Back in 2007, it was ranked seventh in the world. However, Jebel Ali Port finally made it to the top.
After lengthy negotiations, India and the U.S. have finally reached an agreement on food subsidies and the trade facilitation agreement doesn’t have any more roadblocks before it can go into effect. However, the World Trade Organization negotiations ended in a compromise with India and must be addressed at a future time.
President Barack Obama wants to strengthen the manufacturing supply chains of the U.S. Therefore he supports the Supply Chain Innovation Initiative created by the Department of Commerce’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership. It is a competition aimed at helping small manufacturers in the U.S. implement new technologies and ultimately strengthen the economy. Several companies and groups have…
The World Trade Organization just announced the two newest members of their Government Procurement Agreement — New Zealand and Montenegro. These countries can now participate in the bidding process of government contracts in the 49 countries that are part of the World Trade Organization. There are also several other benefits to being members of the…
Egypt plans to create a massive global logistics center in Damietta to handle and store grain and other food commodities. Several countries are joining in the efforts and investing in the 15-billion pound project. The logistics center is supposed to increase the annual capacity of food commodity trading in Egypt by triple and benefit several…