Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
US retail and food services hit $757.1B in April, +0.5% MoM and +4.9% YoY(Census Bureau, May 14; Advisor Perspectives). Nonstore retailers — the ecommerce proxy — were +11.1% YoY, the standout. Gas stations led monthly growth on Iran-conflict pump prices, but ex-gas the topline s…
Drewry's composite WCI rose 12% to $2,553/40ft in the week ending May 14 — a meaningful step up from last week's +3%. Shanghai → NY jumped 14% to $4,252; LA +10% to $3,357. Yang Ming added a $2,000/40ft GRI effective May 15 on top of EFS and PSS surcharges. Drewry counted 7 blank…
US Census April 2026 advance estimate: $757.1B total, +0.5% MoM and +4.9% YoY. The line that matters for e-commerce: nonstore retailers +11.1% YoY, growing >2x the all-channel pace (released May 14). Seller insight: Online demand stayed strong even as May Michigan sentiment hi…
President Lula signed MP 1.357/2026 the night of May 12, eliminating the 20% federal Import Tax on cross-border consumer orders up to US$50 routed through Remessa Conforme. Exemption took effect May 13. The tax collected R$5B in 2025 and R$1.78B in early 2026 (Agência Brasil; Inf…
As of May 11, CBP has approved $35.46B in refunds for invalidated IEEPA tariffs across 8M+ liquidated or reliquidated entries through the CAPE portal,per CBP's court filing in Euro Notions Florida v. United States (Supply Chain Dive, May 13). Oshkosh, Basic Fun and Sarah Wells Ba…
