Ho Chi Minh Lockdown Update
…duty and working on a shift basis. The clearance process has been changed to limit the client or company who can directly contact to the Customs officer. That makes the…
UPDATE: Operational Issues at Yantian Port Due to COVID-19
…a result, all terminal workers and citizens in the Yantian district are being tested for seven consecutive days. This is how the port is being impacted: There is insufficient on-duty…
India COVID-19 Update
…cylinders are now permitted duty free and can be sent across as gifts. India has banned the exports of COVID-19 related pharmaceuticals. Ports—Mundra is still impacted by a bottleneck of…
U.S. Begins Antidumping & Countervailing Duty Investigations on Indian Soybean Meal
…finds just cause, then the DOC will determine the countervailing duty margins—for unfair subsidies—by June 24 and antidumping duty margins by September 7. If this petition goes through it will…
CIT Issues Decision on First Sale Valuation for Non-Market Economies
…Sale for Export is a duty reduction program created to reduce the dutiable value of eligible products imported into the U.S. The Ruling In a case involving cookware that was…
Shortened New Year’s Celebration Anticipated in Asia This Year
…while consumer demand remains at all-time highs. Record savings, and another round of stimulus checks more likely to be spent on retail goods than travel and leisure, are leading indicators…
New 25% Tariff on Certain French Goods Added to Tariff Schedule, Then Suspended One Day Later
…duty applied to French manufactured handbags, soaps, and cosmetics. However, in a press release issued by the USTR Jan. 7, they stated that they have suspended the tariff action in…
USMCA Fixes in End of Year Legislative Package
…duty rate minus zero is the original U.S. duty rate. The original intent of this provision was to prevent “double dipping” on duty free provisions, but it made it more…
January 1, 2021 Marks Increases in Import Duty
…on how customs brokers process and clear imports at the start of the year. Generalized System of Preferences Expiration Beginning January 1, merchandise that had been previously treated as duty-free…
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