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Brazil has imposed a 60% tax on all imported goods worth less than $50 coming through cross-border online trading channels. The measure actually doubled the purchase price for Brazilians on platforms such as Shein, Temu, Shopee and AliExpress. At the same time, the country is carrying out a large-scale tax reform, which is changing the entire taxation system for international sellers.

Transnet has announced that private companies will soon gain access to South Africa's national rail network. The reform is aimed at increasing efficiency, capacity and removing logistical bottlenecks that have been weighing on exports and industry for many years. For cargo owners and 3PL, this is a chance to get more stable corridors and predictable deadlines to ports.

Iran is changing the rules for importing basic foodstuffs and feed: the mandatory pre-registration of an order with the agricultural department was canceled, allowing the cargo to be imported and declared first, and the documents to be processed after. At the same time, businesses are given a 100-day deferral of payments in rials and expand the use of barter for the import of essential goods. The measure is linked to the reform of subsidies and the redistribution of currency priorities in order

President Vladimir Putin has stated the need for full legalization of economic activity in Russia, stressing that any form of shadow trade in the country is unacceptable. His words became the starting point for a new discussion of measures to increase business transparency, improve tax control and eliminate avoidance schemes. The issue of whitewashing the economy comes to the fore in the context of the strengthening of the domestic market and the structural restructuring of trade.

The Customs and tax services are moving towards deep integration of information systems by signing an agreement on enhanced data exchange. This initiative is designed to reduce administrative barriers for businesses, speed up control procedures and strengthen the fight against gray imports in preparation for the launch of the national SPOT system.

Russia is starting to reform checkpoints, aiming to reduce the time of inspection of cargo transport to 10 minutes. Thanks to the introduction of intelligent control systems, digital platforms and automated complexes, the country plans to significantly increase the speed of cargo handling and improve the efficiency of cross-border logistics.

In 2026, the VAT rate in Russia will increase from 20% to 22%. The law was signed by the president, and the changes will affect most companies operating under the general taxation system. Businesses will have to adapt prices, contracts, and budgeting to the new tax burden.

Since October 1, 2025, China has launched a reform that completely changes the rules of export: mandatory NWFZ, indication of the real seller and total traceability of the supply chain. The new requirements actually close gray schemes and increase the cost of logistics.

The State Duma has approved an increase in VAT to 22% from 2026, while maintaining a preferential rate for socially important goods. The change will be the largest tax reform in recent years and will bring more than 4.4 trillion rubles to the budget over a three-year horizon.

Russia is launching the national digital transport and logistics platform GosLog, which will integrate cargo services into a single system and transfer document management to an electronic format. The project will become a key instrument for the digital reform of the industry by 2026.

Russian marketplaces are preparing for a new stage of regulation — the government plans to tighten the rules for refunds, review commissions and strengthen the digital integration of platforms with government registers. The reform can change both the economics of sellers and the user experience of buyers.

The Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Russia have come to an agreement on the need to legalize the use of cryptocurrencies in foreign economic activity. The article describes the goals of the reform.

The Russian transport industry is striving for deep digitalization: from electronic documents to "digital doubles" of routes, the reforms promise to radically change the logic of transportation.