Supply Chain Research

The U.S. International Trade Commission has published a Congressional report looking at import duties paid on shipments of medical supplies needed to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The study identifies 112 products of which 38 have tariffs applied. Panjiva’s analysis shows that imports of products that are subject to duties dropped by 4.3% year over year in March whereas shipments not subject to duties climbed by 23.3%. The products can be divided into eight categories and three clusters of protection, diagnostics and treatment. The best performing category in March was testing kits wh...