REMINDER: Beginning October 1, 2018 thru the end of the year “even numbered” food facilities are required to renew their FDA Food Facility registration. Failure to register may limit the… Read more »
L.A. / Long Beach Port Strike
Yesterday drivers and warehouse workers from NFI Indsutries and XPO Logisitcs went on strike. They are protesting their classification as independent contractors. We can not be sure how many of… Read more »
Section 301, List 3 Published
Here we go again, List 3 has been finalized and it covers 5,745 HTS codes that affect many different industries. Effective September 24th items on List 3 will have a… Read more »
ILA Master Contract Extended
The ILA Locals have unanimously approved a new six-year master contract. This means peace at the East & Gulf Coast ports thru September 30th, 2024. The agreement is really an extension… Read more »
MPF Increase
On October 1, 2018 Customs & Border Protection will increase the minimum and maximum formal entry fee to $26.22 and $508.70 respectively. The informal fee for electronically submitted entries will… Read more »
Section 301 – List 2 Published
Section 301, List 2 was finalized yesterday and make up $16 billion worth of imports from China. There are 279 tariff numbers which will be subject to an additional 25%… Read more »
ILA Contract – East Coast
Earlier this week the International Longshoreman’s Union (ILA) and the Port of New York and New Jersey employers group reached a possible six-year agreement for the port. This deal covers… Read more »
Section 301 Lists
Here are links to the 3 lists of the Section 301 tariffs released by the United States Trade Representative (USTR). As of July 6th, List 1 has been implemented and… Read more »
PierPass Changes Ahead
The very successful PierPass program will be making changes that are expected to take place in the fourth quarter of this year. It is informally known as PierPass 2.0, and… Read more »
Section 301 Tariffs published
The FIRST Section 301 Tariff List has been published. The USTR has broken the original list of approximately 1300 HTS codes into 2 separate lists. The first list is 818 HTS… Read more »