In addition to CBP’s advice in CSMS 19-000095 UPDATE- Section 301 Increased Duties Postponed, the following may be of interest to our members and the trade: Customs and Border Protection Federal Register Notices of Final Determination regarding Various Stimulating Probes and Comment Requests, its latest Bulletin with notices…
Per CSMS 19-000095 UPDATE- Section 301 Increased Duties Postponed
Per CSMS 19-000095 UPDATE- Section 301 Increased Duties Postponed As we are all too aware, last fall,[1] President Trump threatened a double hit of tariff increases against certain Chinese origin goods. The initial increase of 10% took effect on September 24, 2018 but the second hit bringing the total…
Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1902 – 2/26 Section 301
CSMS #19-000088 Title: Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1902 created on February 26, 2019 Date: 2/27/2019 10:31:47 AM To: Automated Broker Interface, ACE Portal Accounts Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1902 was created on February 26, 2019 and contains 40…
Gemini Shippers Group joins Americans for Free Trade coalition in letter to President Trump on tariffs
Gemini Shippers Group ( Fashion Accessories Shippers Association (FASA), Gemini Shippers Association (GSA) and the Fashion Jewelry & Accessories Trade Association (FJATA), as a member of the Americans for Free Trade Coalition joined in sending the following letter to the President today advocating for continues progress in sensible tariff reform. February…
Tariff Update
Members, Earlier today President Trump announced that enough progress has been made in the negotiations with the Chinese, so he will be delaying the increase in the List 3 tariffs which was scheduled for March 2. This announcement did not indicate how long the delay will be in effect for….
Prop 65 updates from our partners at Arent Fox
Prop 65 Counsel: What To Know Letter: Require Companies to List Ingredients It’s obscene that federal law supports a labeling loophole that protects manufacturers from having to disclose unintentional ingredients. I highly doubt the people who got cancer (and now an enormous financial settlement) from Johnson & Johnson’s…
Governmental Notices and Information for February 16 through 22, 2019
In addition to notice advising that Canada – Manitoba Repeals the Bedding and Other Upholstered or Stuffed Articles Regulation, the following may be of interest to our members and the trade: APHIS’ various Comment Requests regarding, e.g., the Importation of Baby Corn and Baby Carrots from Zambia and the…
Governmental Notices and Information for February 9 through 15, 2019
In addition to notice of the Repeal of California’s Technical Bulletin 133 – Flammability Test for Seating Furniture Used in Public Occupancies, the following may be of interest to our members and the trade: Customs and Border Protection Federal Register Notices of upcoming meetings of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory…
Governmental Notices and Information for February 2 through 8, 2019
In addition to the International Trade Commission’s posting of the 2019 HTSUS, which includes both, the chapter-by-chapter & general notes listing and a –Full Edition, as well as the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America’s spreadsheet listing the Changes to Units of Quantity in the 2019 Tariff Schedule,…
Governmental Notices and Information for January 26 through February 1, 2019
Trump concedes to temporarily end shutdown — without wall funding, so government agencies are once again sharing information. Among the information and notices, the following may be of interest to our members and the trade: Legislation: Trump Won’t Give China More Time To Avoid Tariff Spike by Alex Lawson –…