In September, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) issued CSMS 17-000609, advising effective November 1st they would penalize any documented violation of the wood packaging material (WPM) requirements. The CBP approach was described in a Livingston Trade News – US... Read more >
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has published a November 1, 2017, Federal Register Notice (FRN) advising the below-noted increase(s), effective January 1, 2018. CBP will increase Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) “user fees” by 2.677 per-cent to adjust... Read more >
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) recently issued Customs Notice CN17-34 to advise exporters of the Canadian Automated Export Declaration (CAED) program changes and that CBSA is developing a new system to replace CAED by January 2020. The 2018 version of... Read more >
Effective November 2, 2017, provisional duties are no longer payable on certain silicon metal originating in or exported from Brazil, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Norway and Thailand. On November 3, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) published it’s finding that the... Read more >
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has published a Federal Register Notice (FRN) stating the FCC has ended its Form 740 filing requirements for imported radiofrequency devices as of Thursday, November 2, 2017. Like during the “waiver period” in place since... Read more >
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Port of Nogales, AZ, Commercial Facility will begin winter hours of operation on Monday, October 30, 2017. Both the primary northbound truck gate and In-bond/Export booth for the 2017/2018 winter season will be open... Read more >
In 2016, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) implemented the Accounts Receivable Ledger (ARL) as Phase One of its Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) project. As part of this initiative, the CBSA will change its refund process, effective August 01,... Read more >
How much is managing your trade operations costing your business? If you're relying on manual processes, you're not only looking at inefficiencies and extra cost overhead, but the threat of manual error - and that can cost your business even more... Read more >
Do you have a disaster recovery/business continuity plan in place? Does your customs broker? Read more >
Find out how you can take advantage of the benefits Mutual Recognition agreements provide importers As an importer, you know that any delay in your international shipments can have a significant impact on your bottom line. U.S. Customs and Border... Read more >
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