This week Customs put out a message through their Cargo Systems Messaging Service that caused a few of our clients to contact us with some alarm, as the message states that claimants with Accelerated Payment (AP) privileges would not receive their payments via the...
The United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), the landmark follow up to the 26-year-old NAFTA, remains poised for full implementation later this year. Despite the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the trade offices of all three signatories have expressed their...
This week, U.S. Customs released something that has been long-anticipated by the JM Rodgers and 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...
If you’ve got your feet wet importing goods from overseas then your company will no doubt have become familiar with the concept of posting a customs or import bond. For those that are new to import/export, here’s is the basic information on what a customs bond is and...
The Trade Act of 1974 promotes the development of an open, nondiscriminatory, and fair world economic system to stimulate fair and free competition internationally and to foster the economic growth of and employment in the United States. Concerns by the United States...
At the end of September, the delegates from the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to a preliminary understanding for a new agreement that would supplant NAFTA called the USMCA. I’ve written about this previously, and today wanted to focus on one of the major...
