Logistics insights from the GCL Team

While the rest of the world is living with Covid-19, the world’s largest economy, China, is still pursuing a strict, zero-Covid policy. Despite this, as November draws to a close, China has seen its first Covid-19-related deaths in six months. With much of the world asking China to review its current policy because of the disruption to global supply chains and the knock-on impact of people’s lives around the world, President Xi Jingping currently seems intent on maintaining a

We are pleased to announce that GCL has successfully applied for a one-month extension on use of the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight system (CHIEF). While we will still primarily be processing declarations through the new Customs Declaration System (CDS), this one-month extension will provide an extremely helpful back up system, in case of any technical that may arise. While the extension is only available for clear business reasons, the announcement was met pos