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SHENZHEN, China — Staying on top of the evolving regulatory and customs environment is a key areas forwarders and NVOCCs need to focus on as they expand their business across Asia, delegates at a TPM Asia panel heard today. Paul Man, director of APL Logistics China, said trade compliance is a major challenge for 3PLs in the mainland, with visibility, compliance and documentation a priority for the industry, according to a third-party study. “Trade compliance is not just a different set of documents,” he said. “ Different countries have different interpretations. In China, different ports have different interpretations, and different...

Staying on top of the evolving regulatory and customs environment was a key areas forwarders and NVOCCs needed to focus on as they expand their business across Asia, delegates at a TPM Asia panel heard today.

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