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Fastener Distributor Index – November 2022

Fastener News Desk

Additionally, supply chain constraints continued to ease, with noticeable improvement in ocean freight times commented on by multiple respondents. Complete the “Request an Invitation to Participate” form by clicking here. Consistent with this, demand commentary was a bit more positive than recent months.

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Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) | August 2023

Fastener News Desk

per part” and “Inflation is impacting many of the traditional costs of distribution in USA including labor and freight. Product sourcing prices in Taiwan are up 6%, China is slightly down, and containerized freight is down. Complete the “Request an Invitation to Participate” form by clicking here.

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Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) | March 2024

Fastener News Desk

Demand commentary leaned overall fairly positive but balanced out by a noticeable uptick in comments regarding continued rises in freight/container costs and labor strikes/delivery issues. Complete the Request an Invitation to Participate” form by clicking here. up from 50.5 in February. About the Fastener Distributor Index (FDI).

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Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) | July 2023

Fastener News Desk

the residential market) than acceleration or deceleration: “Residential related end users are slow to consume high-cost basis inventory, delaying market price adjustments to account for lower material/freight costs. Complete the “Request an Invitation to Participate” form by clicking here. Others see more stabilization (ex.

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What Every Importer Should Know About. Customs Compliance

Foley

Since then, we have received requests for a companion customs compliance checklist to help importers evaluate the strength of their customs compliance program and to provide guidance for companies looking to benchmark them against suggested best practices. Coordinate with Freight Forwarders and Customs Brokers.

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SMMT Sustainability Report 2023: How the industry is reducing its emissions

SMMT

It is part of the Government’s wider £20 million Zero Emission Road Freight Trial and is delivered using the SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative). The committee is currently developing a new Energy Management Framework, which will benchmark UK sites against an industry standard.

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India’s EV Revolution: E2W and E3W show the way

Dinesh Mishra

which are 15% to 30% lower even at the landed cost (including freight and duties). And with few EVs and infrastructure in place, the country lacks performance benchmarks to help investors understand the risks and opportunities from use cases and hedge against potential failures of new technology.