Recently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued roughly $350 million in fines against the company, American Seafoods, as well as other companies found within the supply chain. If you are an American importer, staying plugged into the various fines and decisions made by CBP is critical in ensuring your [...]
As an importer, it's essential that you make the most out of Section 321 to help keep you in the green and improve margins, while lowering overall tax liability. Moving commercial goods from the other side of the globe, navigating the logistics of your supply chain, and building a great [...]
You may have already heard that a notice was published by the US Department of Commerce on September 7, 2021. And its main focus is to create some new administrative reviews for importers under countervailing and antidumping (AD/CVD) orders. Recommended reading:Â What is Anti-Dumping Duty and Countervailing Duty? (AD/CVD) 4 [...]
Importers and other members of the US trade community should keep their ears to the ground for legislative and regulatory updates, as it has a huge impact in how they conduct business. Today, we'll be talking about the 21st Century Customs Framework, also known as 21CCF. It is a new customs [...]
Importers in the US need to stay abreast of what's happening along the supply chain and with the regulatory framework set forth by CBP. Today, we'll be taking a closer look at section 232. Read on for more information! What is Section 232? In a breakdown on the subject, Investopedia [...]
We've talked about it time and time again during the past 24 months: relying on shipping from overseas has been a rocky road. There are lots of businesses that depend on overseas shipping, and many of them deal directly with the cost of freight and have faced a variety of [...]
You don't need to be a member of the global trade community to have heard the news of the cross-border trucker vaccine mandate. With supply chains already in a compromised position due to COVID slowdowns and trucker shortages, there are concerns that the mandate will only worsen the situation. In [...]
Every business wants their goods delivered quickly, efficiently, and if they can avoid any shipping snafu, all the better. But it's no secret at all to importers that delays were common due to the pandemic, along with other supply chain issues. Aside from these delays, the other issue at hand [...]
Starting October 1, 2022, importers of earthworms will be required to obtain a Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) 526 Permit from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS). The policy was originally set to come into effect on July 1, but APHIS later [...]
As H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues to spread in farmed birds across North America and the world, Canada has placed restrictions on all raw poultry and all poultry products and by-products that are not fully cooked, including eggs and raw pet food, that have been sourced, processed, or [...]
