President Trump announced he will impose an additional 10% tariff on the remaining $300 billion dollar of goods from China. These goods are on List 4, and include footwear, clothing, and other goods that have been kept off previous lists. This announcement comes after 2 days of negotiations. Another meeting of negotiators has been scheduled… Read more »
Category: General
Plastic Hangers Dutiable
In a recent ruling US Customs has reversed it ruling on allowing plastic hangers to be imported duty free as Instruments of International Traffic (IIT). In the past customs determined that the apparel items were made overseas and placed on the hangers for transportation to the United States. Once the apparel items were purchased the… Read more »
More Tariffs…….
I guess President Trump doesn’t want the EU feeling left out so he has threatened to add 89 tariff subheadings to the EU Aircraft Dispute. For those of you not familiar, the US and Europe have a long running dispute over aircraft subsidies given to Airbus(EU) and Boeing(US). This dispute dates back 15 years and… Read more »
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 take place beginning tomorrow. The new rate for a 20 footer will be $32.12 while the rate for a 40 will be $64.24.
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 carrier exceeds the maximum draft they will be stranded at the entrance to the canal until either they can unload some containers or the water… 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 Mexico and beginning June 10th there will be a 5% tariff on all goods being imported from Mexico. The tariffs are in an effort to… 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 one place. Please feel free to give us a call if you have any questions about your specific HTS or any future imports you may… 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. He believes we do not have open access to the Indian market and thinks removing them from GSP will show them that the US means… 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 was June 1st however the Federal Register notice has changed that date to June 15th. Some believe this is a good sign that a deal… Read more »
SOME Section 232 Duties Lifted
Effective May 20th, 2019 the Section 232 duties on aluminum and steel from Canada and Mexico have been lifted. The proclamation states that an agreement has been reached to prevent the importation of steel articles that are unfairly subsidized or sold at dumped prices. These actions along with other measures will prevent the continued threat… Read more »