The spread of the Coronavirus – officially known as COVID-19 – has been a major concern worldwide this year. Clinical tests have been launched to find a treatment, but so far there is no specific antiviral treatment for...
Category - Trade / Logistics
If your company is located in the EU, and you sell goods to clients in the UK, this blog is meant for you. If your company is located in the UK, and you sell goods to clients in the EU-27 countries, this blog is meant for...
Brexit and other cases of political turmoil are often analyzed from the perspective of risks and difficulties. But they also open up new opportunities; for example Brexit export opportunities. Predictability, Predictability...
It’s been quite some years that I’ve been engaged in topics related to global trade, including Customs and logistics. In my discussions with many people (especially those who are not involved in this industry on a daily...
Today’s blog article describes an extensive undertaking in analyzing international trade data. The work has been done by Ahmad Fahmi at Altares Dun & Bradstreet in The Netherlands, supervised by myself and...
There has been a lot of debate about the potential of Blockchain technology. Use cases in many industries popped up, yet the industry that has attracted maybe most attention is global trade. This Q&A blog article provides...
If you are interested in trade and logistics, and you’re intrigued by what we can learn from data analysis, this article is just right for you. Introducing the World Bank Logistics Performance Index (LPI) The World Bank...
Illicit Trade: Quantifying The Problem Size The cost of illicit trade to the global economy is massive, although it’s hard to quantify it precisely. A report of the World Economic Forum from 2015 estimated the cost of...
Global Trade: Where The Physical World Meets the Digital World When considering global trade (of goods, not services), people see in their minds large container ships carrying containers. Large container ships can carry more than...
Conference on Customs Transit Fraud Brussels hosted today a unique industry conference on fighting fraud in the Customs transit regime in the EU. The conference was organized by the Robert Schuman Foundation in collaboration with...