On March 27th, the Court of International Trade’s Judge Eaton revised his order to include “any liquidated entries for which liquidation is final shall be reliquidated without regard to the IEEPA duties.” This does mean that even the entries past the 180-day protest window should now be included. However, ST&R states they are unsure whether […]
On March 12th, Customs provided more details on what the anticipated process of IEEPA refunds is looking like. The director of trade programs, Brandon Lord, stated there will be a portal for importers and customs brokers to file claims for entries containing IEEPA refunds known as Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries, or CAPE. According
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While the Supreme Court told President Trump he does not have the authority for use of IEEPA to impose broad, sweeping tariffs, we already knew President Trump had other ideas in his back pocket. He has already announced plans to invoke use of Section 122, which allows tariffs up to 15%, but only for 150
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According to this article, the Trump Administration wants to hit Chinese-made vessels with tariffs in order to help US ship building companies and to curb Chinese market share? I think that would really cause an uproar through the maritime industry if vessels have to pay additional (likely large) fees when they dock at a US
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The ILA union and the US Maritime Alliance have agreed to increase wages for the general contract and to postpone further strike until January. This is great news! At least the docks should be opening again for the next couple of months to keep the negotiations open especially while Christmas imports begin arriving. That does
Now that the dock workers are on strike, how long is it going to last? There’s no telling as of yet, but many are already wondering if shipments will be diverted to West Coast ports. Trucking rates and shipping rates are likely to go up. Will this cause inflation to rise? We’ll see how long
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The announcement we knew could be coming, thanks mainly to Shein and Temu, occurred today. The White House has officially announced proposed executive order that would keep imports subject to products covered by tariffs imposed under Sections 201 or 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, or Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of
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Check the Federal Register Notice here to see if your goods fall under Annex C, which contains the exclusions that have been extended through May 2025. Otherwise, no exclusions for you! On a side note, the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) is being increased again. As per the Federal Register Notice dated 7/22, the merchandise processing
Wasatch CHB has officially relocated to Bellingham, WA, but that doesn’t mean anything has changed! As we all know, COVID-19 really brought out opportunities for companies to perform more work remotely, so even though our physical address has changed, the services we provide haven’t. Customs and Border Protection even updated the regulations with the Broker
https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2023/september/ustr-extends-reinstated-and-covid-related-exclusions-china-section-301-tariffs The COVID related exclusions have now been extended AGAIN through end of 2023! Did your item make the cut? Check out this link. https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2023/september/ustr-extends-reinstated-and-covid-related-exclusions-china-section-301-tariffs