Japan Adds Two Authorized Authorities to Issue GSP Preferential Tariff Treatment

Japan Customs added two customs authorities to its list of authorized entities capable of approving preferential tariff treatment under the nation's Generalized System of Preferences for Afghanistan and North Macedonia, the agency announced in a March 30 notice. Now the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment will be able to approve claims in the Central Asian nation (listed as Islamic Republic of Afghanistan), and the Economic Chamber of North Macedonia will do the same in that Eastern European country.