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US Reportedly Issuing Fines in Cambodia for Transshipment

Multiple companies are facing transshipment fines for sending Chinese goods through a special economic zone in Cambodia that is owned by China, Reuters reported on June 19. U.S. Embassy spokesman Arend Zwartjes told Reuters that “the Department of Homeland Security…

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has inspected and fined a number of companies for evading tariffs in the United States by routing goods through Cambodia.” According to Zwartjes, "these companies are located in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone.” Neither the U.S. embassy in Cambodia CBP immediately returned a request for comment.