By John Staib | March 11, 2021 | Category Breefings
The U.S. announced that it is suspending tariffs on U.K. goods levied as part of the Airbus dispute, beginning immediately, and for four months. The U.K. already suspended its tariffs on American goods over Boeing subsidies on Jan. 1.
Read MoreBy John Staib | March 11, 2021 | Category Breefings
The 15% tariffs on civil aircraft and 25% tariffs on about 150 tariff lines of products including liquor, Italian food and beverages, lenses, Greek yogurt, Spanish pork and more were lifted at 12:01 a.m. March 11, and will remain suspended until midnight July 10.
Read MoreBy John Staib | November 21, 2020 | Category Breefings
FMC to Investigate Unfair Fees, Container Practices by Carriers The Federal Maritime Commission will begin investigating whether ocean carriers are violating regulations on detention and demurrage fees, container returns and container availability for U.S. exports, the agency said Nov. 20. The investigation, which will be led by FMC Commissioner Rebecca Dye, will look at ocean […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | October 9, 2020 | Category Breefings
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires all facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or store food for U.S. consumption to renew their facility registrations between October 1st and December 31st, 2020. This includes facilities that registered this year.
Read MoreBy John Staib | September 2, 2019 | Category Breefings
The administration confirmed the upcoming tariff increase on imports from China will be imposed with no flexibility for goods already in transit to the U.S. The administration previously announced plans to impose a Section 301 additional tariff of 10 percent on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods in two stages, effective Sept. 1 (List 4A […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | June 25, 2019 | Category Breefings
In today’s edition of the Federal Register, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced they would be “opening up an electronic portal for submission of exclusion requests on June 30, 2019, and sets out the specific procedures for submitting requests.” The exclusion requests are for the September 2018 action; also known as List 3. As a […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | June 8, 2019 | Category Breefings
The United States and Mexico reached a deal that will avert the use of import tariffs of Mexican goods scheduled to go into effect this Monday, June 10. According to a tweet from the President, Mexico has agreed to “take strong measures to stem the tide of migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border” […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | June 1, 2019 | Category Breefings
On May 31, 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) announced USTR intends to publish a notice in the Federal Register next week that extends the amount of time for importers to enter certain goods exported from China before the goods will be subject to an additional tariff increase from 10 percent to 25 percent. […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | June 1, 2019 | Category Breefings
India will be removed from the Generalized System of Preferences on June 5, because President Donald Trump “determined that India has not assured the United States that India will provide equitable and reasonable access to its markets.” The announcement came just on May 31.
Read MoreBy John Staib | May 31, 2019 | Category Breefings
A five percent tariff will be imposed on “all goods coming into our Country from Mexico” beginning June 10, and will remain in place “until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP,” President Donald Trump said on May 30th. The tariff will “gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration problem […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | May 31, 2019 | Category Breefings
In accordance with the May 16 Presidential Proclamation, effective today, the Republic of Turkey’s designation as a beneficiary developing country has been terminated. With this move, exports from Turkey will no longer be eligible for the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).
Read MoreBy John Staib | May 13, 2019 | Category Breefings
Published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 9, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced an increase in trade-remedy tariffs. The previously twice-delayed increase in trade-remedy tariffs assessed on products of Chinese origin pursuant to Section 301 Tranche 3 or List III will now be implemented. The notice provides for a two-part effective […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | April 8, 2019 | Category Breefings
As previously reported, FMC Commissioner Dye issued a report last December in the agency’s Fact-Finding Investigation 28. One of the issues raised by Commissioner Dye in her report was the lack of any clear method for NVOCCs and shippers to challenge demurrage and detention assessments in these situations. A number of the major ocean carriers […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | April 2, 2019 | Category Breefings
Updated California drayage law list of Port Trucking companies with outstanding judgments. This list can be found here
Read MoreBy John Staib | March 20, 2019 | Category Breefings
March 20, 2019 American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that SGS North America Inc. of Rutherford, NJ has become a certification body (CB) accredited under FDA’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program for the following program scopes: Preventive Controls for Human Food; Juice HACCP, and Seafood HACCP. Additionally, ANSI has […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | March 11, 2019 | Category Breefings
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published a number of translated documents on FDA.gov to provide stakeholders with information related to the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP). VQIP is a voluntary fee-based program that provides expedited review and import entry of human and animal foods into the United States for participating importers. The […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | February 26, 2019 | Category Breefings
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that March 16 will be the deployment date of the revised CBP Form 5106 in ACE. CBP states that the “revised form will include new data elements, which will provide additional detail on individuals and organizations requesting to be recognized as Importers of Record (IOR), thereby enhancing CBP’s ability […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | February 26, 2019 | Category Breefings
This is a reminder that the transition period for core drawback under Part 191 of the Regulations ended February 24, 2019. As of now, claimants can only file under Part 190 of the Regulations, the recently published Final Rule implementing the TFTEA drawback amendments. In connection with pending privilege applications, U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | February 5, 2019 | Category Breefings
In a Port Notice dated February 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has said that the Port of Charleston will begin implementing Title 19 Penalties for maritime shipments containing non-compliant wood packaging material (NCWPM) effective immediately. In accordance with U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, “all non-exempt wood packaging material (WPM) imported into the United […]
Read MoreBy John Staib | January 22, 2019 | Category Breefings
In a follow-up to the January 16 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Trade Update call, CBP announced that after “considering the trade concerns presented and deployment planning needed, the 5106 Cutover scheduled for 2/9/2019 will be postponed due to the government shutdown. A new cutover date will be established and messaged with advancenotice once the […]
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