The end of year legislative package will include certain fixes for USMCA, including the restoration of Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) refunds for post-entry fillings. The MPF previously was not refunded unless your USMCA claim was made at time of entry. Now it will be refundable if making a post entry claim such as a Protest…
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Following the release of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on July 1, 2020, a series of Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) updates were released that directly impact the importation of safety and medical masks. In the HTS Revision 14, plastic material masks and face shields now have an HTS of their own. Instead of using HTS 3926.90.9990,…
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UPDATE: 6/26/20—The BIS has delayed certain elements of the regulatory changes impacting China, Russia and Venezuela scheduled for June 29, 2020. The requirement for EEI (AES) filings for all shipments, regardless of value or ECCN, destined for the three countries has been updated to require filings for shipments of any value for ECCNs listed in Supplement…
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published updated US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) interim implementing instructions. The additions and updates are listed below. New Phase I Implementation - First Six Months upon Entry into Force - (July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) Drawback Entry (Entry Type 47) Reconciliation Entry (Entry Type 09) Updated Making a…
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On June 5, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) followed through on their May 22 press release to add 33 parties, and their aliases, to the Entity List for ties to weapons of mass destruction and military activity within China, or human rights abuses in the Xinjian Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). What does it…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has published the official U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Uniform Regulations, which go into effect on July 1, 2020. The Uniform Regulations cover the following chapters, Chapter 4 Origin Procedures and Rules of Origin Chapter 5 Obligations of Importers and Exporters, Origin Procedures Chapter 6 Textile and Apparel Goods…
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