On Thursday March 8, 2018, President Trump defied domestic and international critics and signed orders to impose 25% tariffs on steel and 10% on aluminum imported into the U.S. The action was taken in defense of American industry and leverage as the President re-negotiates NAFTA, the North American Free Trade [...]
An American forwarding company recently settled civil penalty charges with the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) after the attempted distribution of unlicensed export goods subject to Export Administration Regulation controls. The shipment was to be received by a company in Pakistan registered on the Entity List. The items for [...]
In August of this year, the United States passed the Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (COAC). The legislation contains clauses that affects the entry of merchandise with links to individuals who have been forced into labor. The United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) is committed to educating shippers [...]
The in-bond process allows imported merchandise to be entered at one U.S. port of entry without appraisement or payment of duties and transported by a bonded carrier to another U.S. port of entry, or other authorized destination, provided all statutory and regulatory conditions are met. DATES: This rule is effective [...]
The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) submitted tariff recommendations regarding foreign imports of solar products after a September hearing petitioned against growing harm to domestic solar panel industry. The petitioner, a Georgia-based panel manufacturer majority-owned by a Chinese company, filed complaint against cheap, subsidized solar panel imports that drove [...]
Antidumping Alert: Oil Country Tubular Goods, Vietnam In July, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launched an investigation into the evasion of an antidumping duty order regarding oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Vietnam. After allegations brought by a domestic producer, an American company importing steel pup joints, from Vietnam, [...]
It’s no secret that companies like Amazon and Wayfair have revolutionized the consumer landscape for every industry. From retail to furniture, business has had to drastically adjust their value proposition to include final mile. After all, who doesn’t love getting the latest technologies or fashion trends delivered right to their [...]
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has recently issued guidance to address confusion regarding entry reporting requirements for LED lights and products containing LEDs. LED products are radiation emitting devices that emit visible radiation and fall under the jurisdiction of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) per the 21 CFR 1000.3 [...]
Effective November 1st, 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin penalizing any documented violations of wood packing materials regulations, eliminating its previous mandate allowing up to five violations prior to taking action. Each violation will result in a penalty and the annual reset of violations has been eliminated. [...]
In 1992, a shipping container fell overboard as it traveled from Hong Kong across the Pacific. No one knew that 25 years later, those 28,000 plastic rubber bath toys would lead to a much deeper understanding of earth’s ocean currents and the impact of plastic pollution. Nicknamed the “friendly floatees” [...]
