CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Patrick,
against the background of a global customs study, we will further focus on the development of global duties for further strategic decisions.
For this purpose, we would like to have your update on customs figures of 2013 together with the PUMA country-specific duty rates for the countries in APAC/JPN.
Pls find attached the relevant tables by regions which I would kindly ask to coordinate with the countries and to let them fill them out accurately in full and resilient.
PUMA APAC:
PUMA JPN:
As done for last year, you again don´t need to distinguish between product divisions.
Pls provide the relevant import values in the corresponding cells.
Furthermore, pls also indicate in the table
- Sourcing Commission is dutiable
- Licence fee is dutiable
- by whom customs clearance is executed
- if you are operating the goods via bonded warehouse
For column 'Calculated Duty for all GBS-POs; based on goods of free circulation & added to bonded warehouse':
Pls advise simulated duty, calculated for all GBS-POs effectively placed for 2013, if they all would have been cleared upon arrival.
Pls feel free to split the table by country and to distribute it to the relevant persons in the countries.
As soon as you get an reply, pls countercheck on plausability and communicate it to me.
Pls feel free also to make your notes in the comment column in case of need.
We do expect that this information is available and that figures can be provided by 19.02.14 EOB your time or earlier.
In the meanwhile, we will also generate our own figures and will ask the global subs for their input.
Thanks a lot in advance for your full support and efforts to this common approach.
Pls get back to me in case any questions remaining.