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...
Category - Trade / Logistics
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 Mike van...
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...
U.S. Trade Wars News reports about evolving trade wars are not uncommon recently. Quite a change of direction, given that the preceding years were characterized by efforts to implement Free Trade Agreements. News outlets report...
Problem Statement: Data Quality in Global Trade Data quality is the Achilles heel of international supply chains. Is Blockchain the solution? Research by HMRC (UK Customs) and Dutch Customs revealed that “many of the systems...
The Logistics sector in Belgium benefits greatly from U.S. companies! This conclusion is presented in a report of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium. This blog provides some additional explanatory views. Background: The...
