Joanna Marsh

3 weeks ago | internationaltradetoday.com | Joanna Marsh |Brian Feito

The "counterintuitive quirk" that has arisen from the increase in steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% is that "if you import USMCA-qualifying auto parts that flag for both the 232 order on auto parts and the 232 order on steel or aluminum, it's actually probably cheaper now to not claim USMCA," said Marcus Eeman, Flexport senior global customs manager, on a June 4 webinar about the tariffs.

4 weeks ago | search.informit.org | Joanna Marsh

Isn't it fabulous when you are given time release to plan? Perhaps you're given an hour, a half day, or if you're lucky, a whole day! So plan for your CRT, tidy your desk, close up your emails and sit down to begin. But where, you May ask, should you begin?

1 month ago | internationaltradetoday.com | Joanna Marsh

However, a consequence of that shift is that CBP appears to be less forthcoming on how to advise the trade on how to implement recent changes in trade policy, which has been due in part to CBP digesting trade policy changes only days or even hours before the trade community hears of those changes (see 2503120054).

1 month ago | internationaltradetoday.com | Joanna Marsh

"What I would suggest is ... to try to get the goods entered into the U.S. before that 90-day pause [ends]," and not assume that tariffs will be assessed based on the date of export, Lewis said during a May 15 webinar on trade and tariffs. "We've already seen this week, as a company, bookings have shot way up. Companies say, we had cargo that is ready to be moved. Let's get it moving.

1 month ago | internationaltradetoday.com | Joanna Marsh

"There's a number of unscrupulous suppliers out of China that are proposing to their customers basically fraudulent transactions without really letting their customers know that the transactions that they're proposing can potentially get their customers here in the U.S. into a lot of trouble, and specifically I'm referring to DDP," Gould said. During the webinar, Gould discussed how importers can beef up their import compliance regimen so that they can avoid paying higher costs.