GTOS - Global Trade Operating System

Global Trade Operating System. Customs, documents, landed cost and trade finance in one platform.

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Hello X. GTOS is the Global Trade Operating System: one place for customs, trade documents, landed cost and trade finance. Built for importers, exporters, brokers and forwarders. More at https://t.co/vSsPy87h7F

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@AfCFTA @MeneWamkele A fair question. Many EPAs were negotiated before the AfCFTA existed, so their rules of origin and tariff schedules don't always line up with building one African market. Aligning them would help firms that sell both within Africa and to Europe.

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@ASEAN The free trade area matters most when it cuts paperwork at the border. Electronic certificates of origin and paperless clearance would let more small exporters on both sides actually use the tariff preferences they already have.

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@SupplyChainDive Storage density gets the headline, but order accuracy is where auto parts distribution wins or loses. A wrong part costs a return, a reshipment and often the customer. Good to see robotics aimed at both.

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What happens to our shipments if the Suez Canal closes next week?

That should take nine seconds to answer, not two days. GTOS reads your bookings, routings, documents and letters of credit, and every number traces to the source.

Figures are illustrative. Go global. Go GTOS.

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A useful session for anyone covering African trade. Five years in, the stories that matter are on the ground: what traders actually move under AfCFTA terms, and what still slows them down at the border. 23 October, 09:00 GMT. https://t.co/P2zQGrJrPq

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@a16z Nine months of waiting is mostly the supply chain: long-lead parts, export licences and allocation queues. Faster design only pays off when procurement and logistics keep pace.

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@FreightWaves That pattern says a lot about surcharge design. Weekly tables lag the pump, so carriers absorb the gap on every spike. Shorter update intervals would take fuel off the worry list faster.

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@AfCFTA Good topic for journalists. The useful stories are at the border post: which goods actually clear under AfCFTA preferences, how long certificates of origin take, and where traders still pay full duty.

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@FarmJournal More competition in crop protection is welcome. Supply reliability matters as much as efficacy, since so many active ingredients still come from a small number of overseas suppliers.

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@WorldBankGroup Digital customs and e-payments are where this pays off fastest for trade. When a small exporter can file, pay and track a shipment online, the cost of reaching a foreign buyer drops sharply.

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@JohnHKingston Even after the pullback, diesel around $6.28 keeps surcharges well above where most contracts were priced. Shippers who check surcharge lines against the weekly benchmark usually find more errors than they expect.

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@CBP CBP officers at ports of entry keep legitimate cargo moving while stopping what shouldn't get through. A good opportunity for anyone in South Florida interested in trade and border work.

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@TXStockExchange @EnergyTransfer @usacompression Pipelines and fuel distribution are the backbone of Texas energy exports, so it fits that the first primary listings come from companies that keep that trade moving. Congratulations to the TXSE team.

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@IMOSecGen On digitalization, the quickest win is still paperwork. Electronic bills of lading and single-window port clearance save time on every voyage and take admin off crews who already carry enough.

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@a16z Supply chains have the same problem. Lead times, customs holds and supplier quality only show up weeks after a decision, so the feedback loop is slow and the data is messy. Making that machine-readable is half the battle.

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@WBG_IDA Private capital follows predictability. Faster customs, reliable ports and contracts that hold up in court often do more to bring investors into emerging markets than any single deal.

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@ITCnews Policy is half of it. Smallholders also need affordable ways to prove where their cocoa, coffee or timber came from, or rules like the EUDR risk shutting them out of markets they already serve.

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@TransportTopics @MichaelVFreeze Agreed. In freight the exceptions are where the money is: a missed appointment, a short shipment, a document that doesn't match. Let agents clear the routine work and hand those to people with the full context attached.

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@AgWebEditor Good news on both fronts. Stacking coverage with farm programs gives growers more room to manage risk, and new demand abroad matters a lot for cotton, since most of the US crop is exported.

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@SBGroup Water and healthy land are what Africa's farm exports run on. Work like Blue Roots protects the base that coffee, cocoa and horticulture growers build their businesses on.