Just prior to the midnight deadline on September 30th, Canada agreed to the terms of a new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico. The new deal, which has been aptly named the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), will replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The significant components of the agreement involve dairy, […]

As many of you may be aware, on September 21, 2018, the USTR published a Notice of Modification of Action providing for the imposition of additional import duties on a third list of Chinese products. On September 28, 2018, the USTR published a Notice of Amendment of Action announcing changes to the tariff classifications covered […]

It’s been a few months since the announcement in the Federal Register, but please remember that several user fees will increase effective October 1st, 2018. One of the most significant changes will involve merchandise processing fees (MPF).  While the ad valorem rate of .3464% will remain the same, the minimum and maximums have been modified.  […]

The office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) officially published the List 2 exclusion process on Tuesday, September 18th. The official notice and exclusion process can be found HERE. Please take note of the following key points as they relate to the exclusion filing process: The final list of Section 301 tariffs affected by […]

We are sorry to report that the (dreaded) day has finally arrived…    In the Administration’s continued attempt to bolster U.S. manufacturing, Section 301 List 3 tariffs have been finalized—and are set to take effect next Monday, September 24th. Affected importers should expect to pay an additional 10% in tariffs through the remainder of the […]

The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) became law on September 13th, 2018 and will go into effect on October 13th, 2018, following a 30-day grace period. The bill provides tariff reductions on roughly 1,700 items through 2020 and was originally proposed by the International Trade Commission (ITC) as a means of maintaining and enhancing the competitiveness […]

We are hearing from the media—and you may be as well– that tariffs on List 3 could go into effect as early as Friday, September 7th.   We find this hard to believe, but feel it is important to share what we are thinking: The period for public comment on List 3 tariffs is officially ending on Thursday, September 6th.  One would […]

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released three U.S.-Mexico Trade Fact Sheets announcing that the United States and Mexico have reached a preliminary agreement, in principle, to update the 24-year-old NAFTA with modern provisions representing a 21st century, high-standard agreement.  The updated agreement will support mutually beneficial trade leading to freer markets, fairer trade, […]

On Monday, August 7th the office of the United States Trade Representatives (USTR) published its finalized second list, officially known as “List 2”, of Chinese products; these tariffs will be subject to additional duties effective August 23rd. In its final iteration, “List 2” places additional duties of 25% on $16 billion of Chinese products, spanning […]

On Friday, August 3rd, China announced that they will impose their own set of tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods if President Trump moves forward with his plan to further increase tariffs. Last week, the Trump administration announced they are considering an increased tariff rate on List 3 items from 10% additional duty […]

President Trump has announced that he is considering increasing the tariff rate percentage from 10% additional duty to 25% on List 3 items, which is an additional $200 billion worth of goods from China. This would be applied to approximately 6,000 tariff lines from China. A complete list of the products subjected to the tariffs […]

President Trump took another stab at the ongoing trade war between the United States and China on Tuesday, as the U.S. Trade Representative released a list of tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese products. The proposed list consists of a 10 percent tariff on 6,031 8-digit tariff lines. This announcement comes after President Trump threatened […]

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced a process to obtain product exclusions from the additional tariffs in effect on certain products imported from China (Section 301 tariffs). The Text of the Federal Register notice outlining the criteria and process for a product exclusion request and public requests, responses, and replies will be received via Regulations.gov. […]

Trump officially announced last month that the United States is moving forward with imposing tariffs of $50 billion on Chinese products that contain “industrially significant technologies.” As the trade war between the US and China looms, the United States will begin to enforce a 25% percent tariff on 818 Chinese products, valuing $34 billion worth […]

Under the CBMA, reduced tax rates and/or tax credits are applicable to importations of certain limited quantities of distilled spirits, beer, or wine imported from each qualifying foreign producer. Further, the foreign producer must have affirmatively assigned those rates or tax credits to an importer or importers, and the quantity assigned to all importers by […]

Early Friday, President Trump officially announced that the United States would impose tariffs of $50 billion on Chinese goods, in retaliation against China for intellectual property theft. In April, the White House announced the planned tariffs and released a list of possible goods subjected, but had a deadline until today, June 15th, to unveil a […]

President Trump has announced that tariffs imposed on three of the U.S.’s biggest trading partners will go into effect by the end of the day, Thursday, May 31st. Earlier this year, Trump announced a 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminum imports for the European Union, Canada, and Mexico, but agreed to give an […]

On June 1st, 2018, China Customs launched a new advanced manifest effort for imports and exports to expedite clearance for both air and ocean shipments. The new manifest process requires electronic manifest submission 24 hours prior to loading at the port of export, which must accurately and completely reflect the goods under the bill of […]

On Tuesday, May 29th, the White House announced that the Trump administration will go forward with a 25% tariff on $50 billion worth of products coming from China. This comes just 10 days after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced a hold on Section 301 tariffs to delay a possible trade war with China and allow […]

On March 19, 2018, the Department of Commerce (DOC) published in the Federal Register (FR) the process for parties to submit requests for exclusions from Presidential Proclamations 9704 and 9705 on Adjusting Imports of Steel and Aluminum into the United States under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. See 83 FR 12106. […]