CHINA – 301 Tariff Increase – 25% Effective July 6 2018
By now all of you have heard of President Trump’s Federal Register Notification adding an additional 25% duty to certain goods (tariff listing is over 800 commodities) being imported into the USA which are made in China. This additional duty rate will become effective for all goods imported into the USA on or after July 6th, 2018. Keep in mind that this 25% duty increase appears to be “in addition” to the already imposed most favored nation duty status – so the 25% is... Read More
CBP to increase Merchandise Processing Fee / Jan 1 2018
Customs Fees to Adjust on January 1, 2018 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in a recent Federal Register notice that the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) will be adjusted and increased to account for inflation effective January 1, 2018. The new minimum MPF will be $25.67 and the new maximum MPF will be $497.99. The rate for calculating MPF (0.3464) remains unchanged. The MPF for informal entries will increase to $2.05. To review the notice and other scheduled fee increases, please... Read More
SOFTWOOD LUMBER – ADD – CVD Fact Sheet
November 2nd 2017 the Commerce Department announced its affirmative final determinations in the ADD (Antidumping duty) and CVD (Countervailing duty) investigations of imports of softwood lumber from Canada. In the publications it indicates that the next steps will most likely occur on December 18th, 2017 when International Trade Commission (ITC) will make it’s final determination. In general the “all other” Antidumping duty rate is 6.58% of the value, and the “all other”... Read More
Laugh, Laugh by – John & Steve (AKA: Broke Rage)
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Pacific Highway Construction – Complete
CBP has completed the reconstruction of the truck crossing at the port of Blaine, Washington. Three (3) lanes are currently open and all appears to be flowing well. Our hats go off to our friends at U.S. Customs during the reconstruction phase, they did a wonderful job notifying the public of the process and doing what they could to mitigate delays. If you want to monitor port of entry delay times you can still make reference to CBP’s Border Wait Times page. Read More
FDA Biennial Registration Notice
The 2016 Biennial Registration Renewal Period begins Saturday, October 1, 2016 and ends on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 11:59 PM. Section 415 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) [21 U.S.C. § 350d] requires food facilities required to register with FDA to renew such registrations during the period beginning on October 1 and ending on December 31 of each even-numbered year. If you register your food facility before October 1, 2016, you must renew your registration before... Read More
NOAA & ITDS (NMFS) – Tuna Imports
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a posting and deadline for companies importing fish products regulated by the NMFS to register. Here is a link to the notice to importers, for your information. You will have to copy and paste this into the URL address line of your web browser to view and download the document. http://www.sandersbrokerage.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NOAA-Tuna-imports.pdf Read More
COTTON FEE – Rate Lowered and De Minimis rule eliminated
The Agricultural Marketing Services have modified their rule for the collection of Cotton Fees. One of the impacts is the elimination of the “de minimis” rule. CBP has corrected their (ACE entry) operating system to properly report and collect the formerly small (de minimis) dollar amounts of Cotton Fees. Following is a posting by the Agriculture Marketing Services. Summary: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations to remove... Read More
F.C.C – Changes in Customs entry reporting
Following is a Customs Message System notification which appears to remove the need for the trade and brokers to report FCC information in an import entry. Administrative Message Message Id 16-000583 Title Explanation of FCC Data Requirements for July, 2016 Subject ABI Transmission Date 2016-07-13 Message Effective July 1, 2016, FCC flags were removed to comply the with Federal Register Notice allowing trade to be exempt from filing FCC data until the regulations... Read More
Lacey Act – Mandatory in ACE
CBP has fully implemented the Lacey Act for entry processing on June 15th, 2016. In the months Importers and foreign exporters, now must provide proper Lacy Act importation documents for their Lacey Act regulated products. Lacy Act documentation can be found on our RESOURCES tab, under TOOLS, and FORMS DIRECTORY. Or copy this link and paste it into your browser URL address line: http://www.sandersbrokerage.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Lacey-Act-Declaration.pdf Read More
