Ocean carriers and their respective empty container receiving terminals are applying various charges to drayage companies and freight forwarders (FF) due to damage or improper cleaning of empty containers upon their return. In an effort to prevent such charges, we must stress that every effort be made to document the state of a container at…
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On November 4, 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will deploy Collections Release 7 enhancements to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), which will enable CBP to retire the ACS mainframe. Impacted the most by this change will be importers who pay their duties directly to Customs via Automatic Clearing House (ACH). The Impact CBP…
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The U.S. Census Bureau has published a two-part blog post as guidance for Automated Export System (AES) users trying to determine how to report the Ultimate Consignee (UC) in their Electronic Export Information (EEI). Part I, answers frequently asked questions on the UC and the end user based on the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR). Part…
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released a new best practice guidance identifying forty-five Harmonized System (HS) codes covered under controlled items. Of those nine HS codes have been prioritized as the most impactful to Russian weapon requirements. Prioritized HS codes: 8542.31 8542.32 8542.33 8542.39 8517.62 8526.91 8532.21 8532.24 8548.00 BIS strongly recommends—although…
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Trans-Pacific carriers have announced a General Rate Increase (GRI) effective November 15, 2023. This GRI will affect all Canadian and USA destinations. The following amounts are in USD and apply to all freight originating in Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent. General Rate Increase Applies to all U.S. and Canadian ports Effective November 15, 2023 Equip.USD20…
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The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition and the United Steelworkers labor union filed petitions for new antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) investigations with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the International Trade Commission (ITC). They are seeking antidumping (AD) duties on imports of aluminum extrusions from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia,…
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UPDATE: 12/19/2023—The DHS announced that another three parties have been added to the UFLPA Entity List bringing the total to 30 companies. Shipments of goods produced by these entities will be subject to UFLPA restrictions. New Entities Added: COFCO Sugar Holding Co. Ltd, SichuanJingweida Technology Group Co., Ltd. Anhui Xinya New Materials Co., Ltd. The…
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Trans-Pacific carriers have announced a General Rate Increase (GRI) effective November 1, 2023. This GRI will affect all Canadian and USA destinations. The following amounts are in USD and apply to all freight originating in Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent. General Rate Increase Applies to all U.S. and Canadian ports Effective November 1, 2023 Equip.USD20…
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Trans-Pacific carriers have announced a General Rate Increase (GRI) effective October 15, 2023. This GRI will affect all Canadian and USA destinations. The following amounts are in USD and apply to all freight originating in Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent. General Rate Increase Applies to all U.S. and Canadian ports Effective October 15, 2023 Equip.USD20…
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New risk compliance matrices have been released, one for businesses and one for universities, to help them comply with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). The matrices are guidance for exporters, manufacturers, researchers, and academics to use as an assessment of their ITAR export…
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