Your Logistics Partner J.M. Rodgers
Logistics serves the lifeblood of a company by making sure its essential products get to the customers when they need to. For this…
Logistics serves the lifeblood of a company by making sure its essential products get to the customers when they need to. For this…
There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to getting any shipment in or out of the United States. The logistics of moving products from overseas and safely delivered at a client’s doorstep involves the coordination of many parties and carriers to handle the goods, but the step of choosing the right Customs broker is absolutely critical.
JM Rodgers has placed high importance on maintaining information security and ensuring that our entire staff is aware best practices to keep our clients’ information safe. When dealing with sensitive information as Customs brokers do, it’s necessary for all levels of the company to understand what needs to be done.
Many industries are staring at a large increase in their product costs this week, as the first wave of temporary exclusions is set to expire on Friday, with an additional group of them set to expire in later September. Thus far there has been no indication that the government will be extending any exclusions- and importers will be stuck on the hook for these increases.
ISO 14001 is a complement to the ISO 9001 Quality Management System, called an Environment Management System. This system is essentially a set of tools to allow JM Rodgers to plan out how we can comprehensively manage the environmental impacts of doing business- from the resources we use at work, the way waste is disposed of, and extraneous impacts of maintaining a staff and facilities. The EMS gives us a way to organize, track, and reduce our impacts to become a greener company.
JM Rodgers brings that to our customers with the longevity of the staff members we keep.
Under the USMCA, much of the pre-existing structure of drawback has been preserved. The necessity to follow rules necessitating all exports to Canada and Mexico be claimed using direct-identification methods remain in place.
When searching for a new partner in Customs brokerage, logistics, or duty drawback, the primary factor for any decision has to be the quality of the people that the customer will be working with every day. The expertise, experience, and resiliency of any firm that will be a trusted partner are paramount.
JM Rodgers brings that to our customers with the longevity of the staff members we keep.
Under the USMCA, much of the pre-existing structure of drawback has been preserved. The necessity to follow rules necessitating all exports to Canada and Mexico be claimed using direct-identification methods remain in place.
The United-States Mexico Trade Agreement is fully in effect as of last week, and a host of changes to Customs processes in all three countries are in place. One area of particular concern to many of our clients has been how drawback is affected or changed by this agreement.
Under the USMCA, much of the pre-existing structure of drawback has been preserved. The necessity to follow rules necessitating all exports to Canada and Mexico be claimed using direct-identification methods remain in place.
This week will be a historic one in the history of international trade as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) goes into full effect on Wednesday, July 1st. This agreement takes over for NAFTA and will be the law defining North American trade for the long foreseeable future. Importers and exporters have had some time to get ready for the new regulations, and must make sure they comply with new statutes such as the changes to rules for shipments to qualify for USMCA treatment.
JM Rodgers has been hard at work for the last few months remotely, with all of our staff able to work safely sheltered at home. In this time we have been able to maintain a healthy and well-provided-for workforce, still able to offer the same level of service and attention to our clients.
This week Customs released something that has been long-anticipated by the JM Rodgers and the drawback community: a General Manufacturing ruling. Prior to the implementation of TFTEA last February, there was a long-standing general ruling called TD 81-300 that was widely used to simplify the