02-29-2008, 06:05 AM
California Container Tax bill =
Senate Bill 974, which had been shelved last September, is back in the California Assembly. The bill calls for a $30 fee on each 20-foot unit on every cargo container going through the ports in Long Beach, Los Angeles and Oakland.
The added costs to consumers in Hawaii would total approximately $68 million, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii said Friday. If the bill passes, Hawaii could see new fees over $100 million to ship goods to and from the state once other fees take effect in October.
It has been estimated that 80 percent of goods consumed in Hawaii are shipped here by sea in containers that pass through California ports. Hawaii officials and business leaders campaigned aggressively against the measure last year.
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stori...ily49.html
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Today in History:
A man sets fire to his sport utility vehicle after driving it into the ticket lobby of Kahului Airport, Maui, Hawai'i, 2004
Senate Bill 974, which had been shelved last September, is back in the California Assembly. The bill calls for a $30 fee on each 20-foot unit on every cargo container going through the ports in Long Beach, Los Angeles and Oakland.
The added costs to consumers in Hawaii would total approximately $68 million, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii said Friday. If the bill passes, Hawaii could see new fees over $100 million to ship goods to and from the state once other fees take effect in October.
It has been estimated that 80 percent of goods consumed in Hawaii are shipped here by sea in containers that pass through California ports. Hawaii officials and business leaders campaigned aggressively against the measure last year.
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stori...ily49.html
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Today in History:
A man sets fire to his sport utility vehicle after driving it into the ticket lobby of Kahului Airport, Maui, Hawai'i, 2004
