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Dimensional Weight Pricing Boosts Shipping Costs This Month

Endicia surveyed 700 businesses and found that 28 percent of online businesses hadn't heard of dimensional weight pricing that will hit the rivals of the U.S. Postal Service.

UPS explains dimensional weight packaging on its website. Divide the cubic size in inches by 166 to determine dimensional weight in pounds.

Chattanooga Supermarkets Open Doors To Local Suppliers

The Bi-Lo chain one year ago launched its "Bi-Local" program, which has put products from 19 Chattanooga-area businesses in its stores.

Currency Fight Snags U.S.-Pacific Trade Agreement

Skeptics fear that any gains U.S. companies get from lower tariffs negotiated in trade agreements could be reduced if foreign countries weaken their currencies, making their products more competitive.

The measure closing the loophole from the Tariff Act of 1930 was included in a wider trade enforcement bill, which Obama signed into law at the White House in Washington.

Policy Expert: U.S.-Cuba Trade Boom Coming

What’s at stake is the re-establishment of a thriving trade and investment relationship between the two countries that was interrupted by Castro’s revolution, and then aided and abetted by the embargo according to international trade policy expert.

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Taiwan Strengthens Food Sanitation And Safety Rules

Among the amendments is one trying to avoid non-food stuffs being improperly mixed with food stuffs, that states non-edible products are not permitted to be produced, processed or mixed on the same site where food is produced.

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J.J. Fuds Recalls Pet Food Over Health Risk

The recalled product was distributed regionally in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois to wholesale and retail customers.

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Chinese Fruit Importer’s Arrest Alarms Global Suppliers

Liu Zhi, chairman of Dalian Yidu, a major importer and logistics and cold storage operator, and his younger brother, who is involved in the meat division of the business, were reportedly arrested by China Customs on Jan. 16.

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Freeland Foods Recalls Spicy Seed Mix Over Salmonella

Based upon a random sampling, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency determined that the Go Raw Brand Organic Spicy Seed Mix sold in 1 lb. (454 g) re-sealable plastic bags sold by Ecomax, tested positive for Salmonella.

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Sen. Schumer Proposes Stricter Food Safety Rules

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U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) publicly urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement a new food safety plan to address instances of unsanitary food warehouses throughout the U.S.

Distribution Market Advantage Chooses iTradeNetwork As GDSN Master Data and Integration Services Partner

DMA will work with iTrade to receive GDSN data from suppliers of its multi-unit operator customers, including detailed item and supplier identification and description data, and synchronize this foundational master data with the DMA item catalog.

Panama Canal Shipping Boom To Let Loose

Drewry Maritime Research says it expects transhipment activity through Panama to grow strongly once the expansion of the Panama Canal is completed, which is due to be completed next year.

This is an artist's impression of the Panama Canal Expansion on completion.

$1 Billion Renovation Set For Cuba’s Mariel Port

A $1 billion project to modernize the port and create a special economic zone will add Mariel as a stop on a global maritime highway that stretches from Asia to Europe.

This photo taken on Jan. 27, 2013, shows the first phase of the Cuba's Special Development Zone in the port of Mariel, about 50 kilometers west of Havana.

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