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 [...]
Shippers, business owners, and dependent industries are all watching closely as the United States continues to initiate tense international demands from long-time trading partners like China and Mexico. But as some shippers look for sourcing alternatives to trade disputes, other industries and companies are staying two steps ahead of administrative [...]
Announced on a conference call on June 6, Customs & Border Protection will once again begin voiding inactive Importer of Record (IOR) numbers from the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) System. The move has caused much concern for importers and Customs brokers alike, since the agency voided many active import IOR’s [...]
Citing agreement between the neighboring trading partners, the United States announced over the weekend that it will “indefinitely postpone” the five percent tariff set to target Mexican imports to the U.S. starting June 10. In a series of tweets, the U.S. President stated that Mexico has provided an acceptable solution [...]
On Friday, May 31, The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced an extension on the amount of time importers have to enter List 3 goods exported from China before the goods will are subject to the additional tariff increase from 10 percent to 25 percent. FREIGHT TALK BLOG: [...]
Late on Friday, May 31, the United States announced the removal of India from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program effective Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The United States launched an eligibility review of India’s compliance with the GSP market access criterion back in April 2018. According to the USTR, [...]
