UPDATE: 1/4/2024—The CBP has advised they did not have the time over the holiday weekend to re-program the electronic entry system to extend the expiration and will not be able to implement the extension until January 4. This means, at best, any entries filed between January 1-3 that are eligible for exclusions will not get…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced that it is extending 77 of 81 Section 301 exclusions of COVID-19 related products through September 30. The other four will expire at the end of May. Previously, all the exclusions had been scheduled to end May 15. The products that will not be extended…
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UPDATE: 3/28/2022—On Sunday evening, March 27, the city government in Shanghai ordered a split lockdown of two city sections in Shanghai. The first section of Pudong, which contains Shanghai-Pudong International Airport, will be shutdown from Monday, March 28 to Friday, April 1, for COVID-19 testing. Following this shutdown, the Puxi area (closer to central/downtown) will…
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Due to COVID-19 reducing staffing levels, Lufthansa Cargo has set a transit embargo for Frankfurt for cargo shipments from USA & Canada and Europe—including Germany. What does this mean? All shipments from the regions Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa as well as Latin and South America (also via Frankfurt) are not affected. The following…
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An outbreak of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Ningbo’s administrative district of Beilun. Three terminals in Ningbo are located near the epidemic site, where authorities have implemented disinfection and quarantine measures. While the port is currently unaffected, delays are expected as trucker capacity and certain shippers face challenges to get containers to the port as…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced an extension of 81 Section 301 tariff exclusions—which include certain medical-care products needed to address the COVID-19 pandemic—until May 31, 2022. USTR has also stated that the notice, “extends the 99 exclusions scheduled to expire on November 14, 2021, through November 30, 2021. Those exclusions…
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While the media currently spotlights a growing number of vessels at anchor at California ports, supply chain congestion is not limited to just the transpacific trade. Many factors this year have contributed to the major slowing of container velocity through all channels, worldwide—starting with the Ever Given blocking the Suez Canal, and continuing with winter…
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The rising COVID-19 cases throughout Malaysia have hit a record high, with a report of 24,599 new cases on Wednesday, August 26. A full lockdown has been extended until further notice through a Movement Control Order issued by the government. The government has additionally announced a 4-phase National Recovery Plan allowing states to ease out…
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Cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant have spiked to above ten thousand cases per day in Ho Chi Minh City and the surrounding areas in Vietnam. Military and police have enforced strict lockdown and testing procedures, as the wave of cases proves to have a higher mortality rate. Cancellations and delays are rising from both…
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The Meidong terminal is expected to steadily ramp-up with more cranes operating from August 25 with full, normal operations starting September 1—following widespread testing of about 50,000 people in and around the terminal, where no new COVID-19 cases were found. According to the JOC, “the Meidong terminal is mainly used by Ocean Alliance members Cosco/OOCL,…
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