If your goods are subject to antidumping duties, you’re going to want to check out a new guide on Customs and Border Protection’s website. This must-read publication explains how to submit a non-reimbursement certificate on time so you don’t pay antidumping duties twice. Importers can submit this certificate on paper or electronically via the Automated…
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Repairing bridges, filling pot holes, paving highways. These are the activities that typically come to mind when we think about national transportation spending. There's a new spending bill making its way through congress that may toss another element into the mix: moving freight. The bill, known as MAP-21, introduces the concept of a national freight…
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Now that the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement has gone into effect, companies across the U.S. want to know if their goods qualify for reduced duty rates. Under the agreement, duty reductions are assigned through "staging” categories. Commodities are split into categories A-K, with category A items being immediately free duty free and B-K items being…
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Client Alert Trans-Pacific ocean carriers have announced a General Rate Increase (GRI), effective April 15, for containers moving from East Asia to all U.S. and Canada destinations. We've listed the increases below. All amounts are in USD. To all U.S. and Canada destinations $320 per 20ft $400 per 40ft $450 per 40ft HC $506 per…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK, 5 MARCH 2012—Mohawk Global Logistics, a Syracuse-based company, has expanded its Buffalo sales office to a full service branch today, adding four employees to accommodate its growing clientele. The company will offer local import and export businesses a complete portfolio of logistics services, including Customs brokerage, international and domestic…
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Client Alert Trans-Pacific ocean carriers have announced a fuel increase, effective April 1, for Asia to U.S. and Canada trade lanes. We've listed the increases below. All amounts are in USD. West Coast $23 per 20ft $28 per 40ft $32 per HC $36 per 45ft $1 per cbm of LCL East Coast $24 per 20ft…
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Renovations are complete for the building housing Mohawk's Syracuse office and corporate headquarters at Hancock International Airport in North Syracuse, New York. For those of you who haven't had a chance to see the new office, here's a quick look at 123 Air Cargo Road.
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Like a bodybuilder preparing for competition, the U.S. trucking industry is getting stronger by the day, with companies making bold moves to meet growing demand. Trucking companies are citing a drop in cancellations and an uptick in trailer backlogs as signs of growth in demand for their services. Motor carriers are planning to buy more…
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Your cargo rides on paper. Check with your customer to find out what forms are required and use a freight forwarder to help you prepare the forms. The following are commonly used export documents that may be required depending on the rules of the U.S. government or importing country. Bill of Lading A receipt and…
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Creating a tamper-proof container seal is a lot harder than it looks. U.S. Customs is delaying implementation of new ISO 17712-2010 high security seal standards because laboratories cannot meet the tamper evidence requirement. The ISO is working on revising the standards. Until this recent announcement, U.S. Customs had been encouraging all C-TPAT members to use…
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