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2/5/2026

Chinese New Year 2026 Incoming - The Year Of The Horse

Chinese New Year arrives this month and, as is tradition, export production across China will come to a virtual standstill as factories close.

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1/26/2026

Uncertainty Continues As Supreme Court Delays Trump Tariff Verdict

The future of President Donald Trump’s trade agenda remains unclear as the US Supreme Court delays a highly anticipated decision on the legality of his expansive tariff program.

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1/14/2026

Iran Warns US Strike Would Trigger Attacks on American and Israeli Shipping

Iran has warned of potential retaliations against shipping infrastructure, while Trump adds 25% tariffs to countries trading with the country.

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12/9/2025

UK Government Confirms End Of Exemption For Low Value Imports

In the 2025 Autumn Budget, the Chancellor confirmed that the government will scrap the current de minimis rule, which exempts low-value imports from UK customs duty.

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12/3/2025

Croft Cargo's Holiday Season Business Hours 2025

It's hard to believe that another 12 months have almost passed, and we're fast approaching the holiday season. Therefore, its time to share our business hours.

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11/20/2025

European Union To Phase Out Duty-Free Treatment For Cheap Imports

The European Union is moving toward eliminating its long-standing de minimis rule, which currently lets low-value goods enter the EU without customs duties.

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11/14/2025

Will the Supreme Court Strike Down Trump’s Tariff Regime?

Last week, the US Supreme Court heard the Trump administration’s appeal of two lower-court rulings that deemed his sweeping tariff program unlawful.

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10/29/2025

Trump's Trade Policy: New Deals Abroad, Legal Battles at Home

President Trump’s trade strategy gained traction this week as Washington signed new trade frameworks with several Asian partners and inched closer to an agreement with China.

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10/15/2025

China Imposes Reciprocal Port Fees On US As Trade tensions Rise

Beijing has introduced a new port fee targeting US vessels entering Chinese ports and mirroring recent actions by the USTR against Chinese shipbuilding.

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9/23/2025

China’s Golden Week To Pause Exports And Slow Supply Chains

China will celebrate Golden Week starting Wednesday, October 1, marking the country’s National Day and ushering in a full week of nationwide holidays.

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9/8/2025

Trump Seeks Supreme Court Rescue for Tariff Policies

President Donald Trump has formally asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a recent appeal court ruling that struck down many of his tariff measures.

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8/20/2025

US Tariffs Settle But Legal Case Could Upend Trump's Strategy

The turbulence sparked by Trump’s tariff policies earlier this year has begun to ease following his “Liberty Day” tariff hikes.

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3/27/2025

No UK Exemption As Trump Slaps 25% Tariff On Cars

The UK will not be exempt from the 25% tariff that President Trump has just put on the import of cars.

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3/7/2025

Trump Tariffs Latest: Making Sense Of The Confusion

The news regarding tariffs from the USA is set to continue to develop, during the next few weeks at least, with a flurry of activity in the last few days.

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2/12/2025

Trump Tariffs: What's In, What's Postponed and What's Coming

President Trump has been making his mark on global trade through amendments to US customs tariff rates, but not everything has gone exactly to plan.

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1/28/2025

And Chinese New Year 2025 Begins...

Today is New Year’s Eve in China and export production has now come to a virtual standstill, with factories closed and the nation getting ready for celebration.

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12/18/2024

UK's New Trade Agreement Is Now Live

The UK’s new CPTPP trade agreement has gone live this week, which is expected to open up market opportunities for UK businesses.

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12/6/2024

Croft Cargo's Holiday Season Business Hours

It's hard to believe that another 12 months have almost passed, and we're fast approaching the holiday season. Therefore, its time to share our business hours.

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11/27/2024

Tariffs To Be One Of Trump's First Executive Orders

The United States seems to be set to introduce tariff hikes on Canada, Mexico and China after President-elect Donald Trump takes up office in January.

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10/29/2024

Chinese Exporters May Lose Out In US Election

China can perhaps be forgiven for having more than a passing interest in the outcome of the US election, where the race looks like its going down to the wire.

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9/23/2024

Chinese Golden Week - What Is It All About?

Chinese Golden Week gets under way next week, which starts with the celebration of the National Day of the People’s Republic of China, but what is it all about?

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7/25/2024

Bangladesh Protests Impacting Ocean And Air Freight

Bangladesh logistics movements have been heavily disrupted, due to a nationwide blackout of internet connections following days of protests.

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4/18/2024

Asia Freight Rates Set To Increase

Croft Cargo have now received several carrier notifications of an Ocean Freight General Rate Increase (GRI) from Asian origin points, effective from May 1st 2024.

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3/21/2024

Congestion And Spiralling Rates On Indian Subcontinent Services

Airlines are currently dealing with large cargo backlogs in India's major international airports as volumes and rates spike, most notably at Delhi and Mumbai airports.

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1/31/2024

New Rules For EU Animal and Plant Based Products

New import rules for animal and plant based products, originating from the EU and EFTA, come into effect from today.

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12/19/2023

Merry Christmas From The Team At Croft Cargo

It is now just a few days until the big man starts his magical journey from the North Pole on Christmas Eve, and Croft Cargo have certainly played our part.

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12/12/2023

White House Aims To Strengthen US Supply Chain Issues

The Biden administration have put into place several new bodies to support US logistics and have now elevated supply chain resilience to the top tier of government.

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11/29/2023

Our Holiday Season Opening Times

Yes, another year passes us by and it's almost that magical time again ! So, please find below details of Croft Cargo's opening times for sales, customer service and operations enquiries during the upcoming Holiday Season.

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11/20/2023

Thanksgiving - What's It All About?

We're fast approaching holiday season in the US, with offices and warehouses closed for the Thanksgiving Federal Holiday this Thursday and many remaining closed on Friday too.

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11/6/2023

Global Forwarders Now Feeling The Economic Pinch

We have mentioned in several previous posts that ocean freight carriers are struggling with low demand, but according to a report in The Loadstar this is now impacting multinational and large independent freight forwarders.

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10/13/2023

Latest Update On Israel Conflict And Logistics

As the Israel conflict continues to escalate, logistics have naturally been impacted, although at this stage that largely relates just to air freight.

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9/22/2023

China About To Celebrate Golden Week

Next Sunday is China's National Day, the annual celebration of the forming of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, and most factories are closed during Golden Week.

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9/5/2023

New UK Border Controls Phasing In From January

Forwarders and traders are set for a busy start to next year, following confirmation that new border controls are planned to be phased in from January 2024.

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8/24/2023

Another Rollback To CDS Export Deadline

HM Customs have this week confirmed that the deadline for switching from CHIEF to CDS for Exports has been rolled back until 30th March 2023.

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7/30/2023

Crew Member Dies In Car Carrier Fire

A fire broke out on a cargo ship carrying 3,000 cars in the North Sea this week, resulting in the tragic death of one of its crew.

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5/22/2023

New Import Customs Procedures Set For October

HM Customs are currently reviewing UK import procedures, with a new Border Operating Model (BOM) due in October 2023 that will apparently 'set out a new approach to imports'.

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4/24/2023

May Set To Be Bank Holiday Season

Traditionally, May is a busy time for public holidays in the UK, with annual Bank Holiday Mondays at the beginning and end of the month.

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4/21/2023

A Customer Experience Like No Other

If business has learnt anything from the pandemic, then it is surely that quality service and reliability goes a very long way.

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3/28/2023

Specialists In Turkey - All Year Round

While Turkey is most popular at Christmas, Croft Cargo have become specialists in moving products 'Made In Türkiye', all year round.

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3/23/2023

MP's Vote In Favour Of Northern Ireland Trade Deal

Members of Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of the government's proposed trade deal for Northern Ireland yesterday.

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2/27/2023

European Logistics The Croft Cargo Way

Choosing your European logistics partner, especially since Brexit, is very important as the quality of your service is a direct reflection on you. At Croft we take that very seriously.

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2/21/2023

Support For Our Local Food Bank

Croft Cargo would like to take the opportunity to raise awareness for Cleakheaton Food Bank and the many others that do such great work around the UK.

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10/5/2020

What Does Croft Cargo Do?

Ever wondered what we do here at Croft Cargo? This explains it all.

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Lee Meadowcroft

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