AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN PRODUCT EXCLUSIONS FOR THE CHINA TARIFFS TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON 12/17/2019
Hello everyone! On Tuesday (12/17/2019) there will be posted in the Federal Register a set of amendments to certain exclusions for the 301-China Tariffs. The link is below. It will be to your benefit to look through these documents to see if any of your products of Chinese origin that you import are described in any of the lists. If you believe you found some, and would like help in determining this, then please contact us here at 360-332-1778 or by email to orders@sandersbrokerage.us for assistance.... Read More
Suspension of the pending tariff increase on China tariffs due to take effect on 12/15/2019
We received the following message from US Customs today regarding the suspension of the pending tariff increase on China tariffs due to take effect on 12/15/2019. Cargo Systems Messaging Service ________________________________________ CSMS #40984510 – Section 301 Duties on Certain Products of China Scheduled to be Effective December 15, 2019 Have Been Suspended Indefinitely ________________________________________ BACKGROUND: On August 20, 2019, as modified by 84 FR 45821 (August 30,... Read More
Sanders Brokerage is closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday
Our offices will be closed for the US Thanksgiving holiday and will reopen tomorrow, Friday November 29th, at our regular time. We will have limited personnel coming in from time to time to take care of urgent shipments that are arriving today; however, all new business will be conducted upon our return tomorrow. If you have an urgent matter, then please contact us at orders@sandersbrokerage.us, or you can reach our on-call representative at 360-332-1778 option 7. Thank you for the opportunity to... Read More
NEW PRODUCT EXCLUSIONS FOR THE CHINA TARIFFS TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON 11/29/2019
Hello everyone! On Friday (11/29/2019) there will be posted in the Federal Register three new sets of product exclusions for the 301-China Tariffs. The link is below. It will be to your benefit to look through these documents to see if any of your products of Chinese origin that you import are described in any of the lists. If you believe you found some, and would like help in determining this, then please contact us here at 360-332-1778 or by email to orders@sandersbrokerage.us for assistance.... Read More
US Customs bills sent out in error on 10/28/2019
It has just come to our attention that duty monies that appeared on ACH Statements for final payment on 10/23/2019 were not processed by US Customs due to a fault in their computer systems. The payments were made on 10/29/2019, but not before Customs sent out bills for duty increases to affected Importers on 10/28/2019. Customs has since recognized the issue and is working toward rectifying the problem by voided the bills that were issued erroneously. If you have received a bill that you believe... Read More
NEW PRODUCT EXCLUSIONS FOR THE CHINA TARIFFS TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON 11/13/2019
Hello everyone! On Wednesday (11/132019) there will be posted in the Federal Register three new sets of product exclusions for the 301-China Tariffs. The links are below. It will be to your benefit to look through these documents to see if any of your products of Chinese origin that you import are described in any of the lists. If you believe you found some, and would like help in determining this, then please contact us here at 360-332-1778 or by email to orders@sandersbrokerage.us for assistance.... Read More
New Product Exclusions for the China Tariffs to be published in the Federal Register on 10/28/2019
Hello everyone! On Monday (10/28/2019) there will be posted in the Federal Register three new sets of product exclusions for the 301-China Tariffs. The links are below. It will be to your benefit to look through these documents to see if any of your products of Chinese origin that you import are described in any of the lists. If you believe you found some, and would like help in determining this, then please contact us here at 360-332-1778 or by email to orders@sandersbrokerage.us for assistance.... Read More
China Tariff increase cancelled……. for now
On Friday 10/11/19 it was announced by the White House that the planned increased tariff, going from 25% to 30%, on $250 billion dollars worth of Chinese goods that was scheduled for tomorrow, 10/15/19, has been cancelled due to appreciable progress in trade talks in the days previous. However, an agreement has yet to be signed and it’s acknowledged that there is still a lot of work to be done. At this time, the scheduled increase on 12/15 is till happening. Please check back for further updates... Read More
New 301 Trade Action against the EU Effective 10/18/2019
The US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that, effective at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Friday 10/18/2019, there will be additional duties levied against products of certain member States of the EU. This comes after a determination by the US Trade Representative that, “…the European Union (EU) and certain member States have denied U.S. rights under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement and have failed to implement WTO Dispute Settlement Body recommendations concerning certain subsidies... Read More
New product exclusions for the 301-China Tariffs to be published tomorrow, 10/2/2019
Hello everyone! Tomorrow (10/02/2019) there will be posted in the Federal Register three new sets of product exclusions for the 301-China Tariffs. The links are below. It will be to your benefit to look through these documents to see if any of your products of Chinese origin that you import are described in any of the lists. If you believe you found some, and would like help in determining this, then please contact us here at 360-332-1778 or by email to orders@sandersbrokerage.us for assistance.... Read More
