Many shippers are aware that the truckload market has taken a nose dive this fall. We have gradually seen a capacity crunch with the uptick in the economy. To make matters worse, add in a couple of hurricanes and this has created an enormous truck deficit in almost all markets. In September, the cost of…
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If you import certain products from India, Turkey, Thailand, or any of the 120 countries designated as beneficiaries under the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), you may soon be paying a lot more in duties. That's because GSP, the program that allows over 3,500 products from economically developing countries to enter the U.S. duty…
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This month we are excited to congratulate Anthony Kozdemba on his recent promotion. Anthony has been promoted to Strategic Account Manager. He has been with us over two years and is located in our Syracuse, NY office.
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To encourage compliance for wood packing materials (WPM)—which include crates, pallets, skids, blocking and bracing, etc. used for packing cargo—Customs will change the way it issues penalties on WPM violations, beginning November 1, 2017. In a recent CSMS message, Customs explains this change, “responsible parties with a documented WPM violation may be issued a penalty…
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The recent CTPAT 2017 Conference in Detroit, Michigan offered insight into updates coming to Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) as well as workshops and other informative seminars. Abby Frank, Associate Advisor for Mohawk Global Trade Advisors, attended the conference and told us that aside from the dash being removed from the program name, her…
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