Category: General

Pier Pass Increase

Beginning August 1, 2019 the Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) also known as Pier Pass will increase 1.9%. The increase matches the increase in longshore wages and assessment rates which will… Read more »

Heavy Cargo Restrictions

Due to new draft restrictions put in place by the Panama Canal Authority many carriers are cutting back the amount of cargo they will load on their vessels. If a… Read more »

Mexico Tariffs

Another day, another tariff war. Every morning we wake up there seems to be new tariffs on some country who most Americans thought were our allies. Today’s fight is with… Read more »

Section 301 Lists

I know keeping up with the different lists has been difficult so I am sharing a link from Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg that shows all the affected HTS codes in… Read more »

GSP Termination for India

As of today, India is no longer designated as a beneficiary developing country. The removal is in response to President Trump claiming India’s duties on US goods are too high…. Read more »

List 3 Date Change

On Friday the USTR announced they will extend the amount of time for goods to arrive into the United States before they will be charged 25%. Originally the cut off… Read more »