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USTR publishes proposed action and China reacts with it’s own list

As announced, the U.S. Trade Representative (Trade Representative; USTR) has determined that the acts, policies, and practices of the Government of China related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation covered in the investigation are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden [...]

CBP publishes entry summary process for new steel and aluminum requirements

ALERT!  Per CSMS Message 18-000240, issued on March 22nd, the additional duty on imports of steel and aluminum articles under Section 232 are effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. [...]

New ACE reporting to support reconciliation in ACE

As you know, CBP delivered ACE Deployment G, Release 4, on Saturday, February 24th, as promised.  One of the critical pieces of this deployment was moving reconciliation entries into ACE, along with drawback, liquidation and other functionality.  Read our prior blog [...]

U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Steel and Aluminum Tariff Exclusion Process

March 18, 2018 U.S. Department of Commerce Announcement Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its procedures for excluding products from the recently announced tariffs on steel and aluminum product imports. As directed by President Trump, the Department will publish [...]

CBP announces long-awaited e-commerce strategy

On March 6th, 2018, CBP issued their long-awaited E-Commerce Strategy, as announced here. For several years, CBP has seen a tremendous increase in e-commerce shipments, which CBP defines as high-volume, low-value shipments purchased via electronic means.  These shipments generally enter [...]

National Commodity Specialist Division Webinar Training Schedule Announced

In a surprise move (at least it was a surprise to us!), as broadcasted today through CSMS #18-000212,  CBP announced that their National Import Specialists will be presenting several webinars to educate the Trade on how to classify certain commodities. [...]

CBP hosts daily ACE support calls for Feb. 24th release – all welcome

Following ACE Deployment G, Release 4 this past weekend, CBP will host a daily support call starting today and ending March 2. The calls will take place between 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET. To dial in for these calls, please [...]

Overview on the current status of the Feb. 24th ACE release

Following is an overview on the current stats of CBP’s latest ACE release, as summarized by our friends at NCBFAA … CBP Update on February 24 ACE Deployment Following the most recent ACE Deployment this past weekend, CBP is hosting [...]