News & Advisories

Tariff on China List 4A Goods to be Lowered Feb. 14 (From Sandler Travis) The Section 301 additional tariff on List 4A goods imported from China will be reduced from 15 percent to 7.5 percent […]

Instructions Issued for Preference Claims under U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement (From Sandler Travis) U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the following filing instructions for claiming preferential duty treatment under the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement, which is effective Jan. 1. – from Jan. […]

The following may impact your import program. Please take a few minutes to go over these, as many of them are annual reminders that may require action on your part. Chinese New Year 2020 This […]

Imports of 57 Chemical Substances to Require Advance Notice  (From Sandler Travis) EPA is issuing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that are the subject of […]

Imports of 57 chemical substances to require advance notice effective Feb 3 (From Sandler Travis) EPA is issuing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that are […]

Tranche 4B tariffs effective Dec 15 Please be reminded that the commodities in Tranche 4B will be assessed additional duties of 15 percent beginning December 15, 2019.  A list of these commodities can be found […]

USMCA Agreement Reached (From NCBFAA) Democratic members of the House of Representatives and the White House came to an agreement this morning [Dec 10] to move forward on the USMCA trade agreement. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman […]

ITC ready to receive import duty reduction, suspension petitions (From American Shipper) The U.S. International Trade Commission said it is ready to receive petitions requesting temporary duty suspensions or reductions for imports.  The 2016 American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act […]

U.S. ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL TARIFFS OF 10 – 25% ON CERTAIN E.U. PRODUCTS, EFFECTIVE OCT. 18, 2019 (From Grunfeld Desiderio) On October 2, 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) published a list of E.U. products which […]