Pursuant to the Federal Register General Notice 84 FR 37902, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is adjusting certain customs user fees and corresponding limitations established by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for Fiscal Year 2020 in accordance with the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) as [...]
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced on Tuesday, August 13th, the next steps in the process of imposing the fourth tranche of additional 10 percent tariffs on $300 billion worth of imports from China. Since trade negotiations collapsed over three months ago, China and the U.S. have [...]
On Tuesday, August 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce made a final determination, in favor of the domestic furniture industry, finding China responsible for providing a subsidy of up to 229% to manufacturers of wooden cabinets and vanities. The petition, originally filed back in March by the American Kitchen [...]
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced the first round of exclusions from the third tranche of Section 301 tariffs. The exclusions will take effect retroactively from September 24, 2018 – the date the third tranche went into effect – and will remain in effect for one [...]
On August 1st, United States President, Donald Trump, announced that starting September 1, 2019, an additional 10 percent tariff will apply to the fourth and latest list under Section 301 on goods being imported from China. Essentially targeting products not yet impacted by earlier Section 301 actions, List 4 covers [...]
On July 23, 2019 at their annual Trade Symposium, the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced plans for a substantial overhaul to the agency’s policies and procedures to be implemented within one year. Set for final approval in August, the 21stCentury Customs Framework (21CCF) program “seeks to address [...]
Starting August 22, 2019, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will launch a voluntary program to begin advanced shipment data collection on imports of Section 321 goods in order to effectively identify and target high-risk shipments entering via the e-commerce environment. “CBP faces significant challenges in targeting Section 321 shipments, while [...]
On June 24, 2019, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) made a preliminary determination that there was “a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of quartz surface products from India and Turkey that are allegedly subsidized and [...]
On September 18, 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) received an antidumping duty (AD) petition requesting investigation into imports of mattresses from China. The petitioners, Corsicana Mattress Company, Elite Comfort Solutions, Future Foam Inc., FXI, Inc., Innocor, Inc., Kolcraft Enterprises Inc., Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC, [...]
As U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping prepare to meet in Osaka, Japan in the coming week at the G-20 Summit on June 28-29 to discuss the on-going trade dispute, international shippers are watching closely hoping for reprieve from Section 301 duties. At a June 19, the [...]
