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What is the EAPA?
By Jim Roberts, VP of Compliance EAPA is the Enforce and Protect Act, is Title IV, Section 421 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. Of what importance is this to you, the importer? If you are considering importing goods that you sourced at an...
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Tariffs Used As Tool Of International Pressure
Tariffs remain the favored tool of international pressure in the Trump Administration, having put several waves of tariffs tallying in the billions into effect these last few months. These sweeping declarations have targeted commodity categories and imports from...
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Let J.M. Rodgers Find Your Drawback Match!
We Collect the Drawback Data…You Get the Refund! Each week I have been writing to you to give you updates about the changes happening within our industry, but this week I will keep it quick. I want to introduce to you our concept of “matching drawback.” JM Rodgers has...
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How to Claim Duty Drawback on the Section 232 and Section 301 Tariffs Recently Imposed
by David Verkaik, VP Drawback Development | August 23, 2018 On March 8, 2018, President Trump imposed additional tariffs on imports of Steel mill products (25%) as well as on Aluminum products (10%). These duties were levied as a result of Presidential Proclamations...
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Over 65 Years Of Experience Makes Duty Drawback With J.M. Rodgers As Easy As 1,2 3!
by James Rodgers, CEO | August 22, 2018 The Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act (TFTEA) went into effect earlier this year and has been a boon to any company that imports or exports as it allows for a much more streamlined process for claiming substitution drawback...
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Letter From The CEO – Customs Compliance
There is no aspect more central to the good operation of a Customs brokerage firm than being diligent with compliance. Making sure that we are compliant in all ways undergirds all the operations in our company, and for many years has been one of the key separators of...
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Letter From The CEO – JM Rodgers Charity Efforts
JM Rodgers is on a mission to give back to both our local and national communities. For many years, our company had been active in donating to organizations and charities, always happy to help in fundraising efforts. My father, who was CEO before me, had been...
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Letter from the CEO of J.M. Rodgers Greetings! After the imposition of new duties on steel and aluminum and then new tariffs on a large swathe of Chinese products, tariffs continue to be the hot topic in international transportation. Hot on the heels of their Section...
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Letter from the CEO – Duty Drawback is Available on New Section 301 Tariffs
Greetings! Earlier this year, the Trump Administration announced that vast categories of products originating in China would be subject to new tariff rates starting July 6th. Only a few days prior to their implementation, it was announced that these new duties would...
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UPDATE: Sec. 301 Trade Remedies to be Assessed on Certain Products from China
ATTENTION! 7/6/18 President Trump just announced he is moving forward with the section 301 tariffs on Chinese products in response to China's unfair trade practices and theft of intellectual property. Originally, is was determined 301 duties were ineligible for duty...
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Trump Signs Proclamations To Assess Duties on Aluminum & Steel
President Trump signed two proclamations assessing additional duties on certain steel and aluminum products. The scope of this coverage is set forth below along with links to the proclamations. An additional tariff of 25 percent will apply to covered steel...
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APL’s new US West Coast Loop – EEX Service
APL will be launching a new weekly EAGLE EXPRESS X Service (EEX) starting in July 2018. The service is said to be faster than other carrier’s service with 11 day transit time from Shanghai to Los Angeles and 12 days transit time from Ningbo....
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Duty Drawback & ACE
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will deploy Core and Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (TFTEA) drawback in ACE on February 24, 2018, at which time all Automated Broker Interface (ABI) drawback filings must be filed in ACE and will no...
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