U.S. Import Customs Clearance and Trade Compliance solutions
A Customs Surety Bond is a contract used for guaranteeing that a specific obligation will be fulfilled between Customs and an importer for any given import transaction. In other words, A customs bond is an insurance policy that guarantee the United States government will be paid for the import duties and taxes. The most common … Read more
In CSMS #43085058, Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated its less-than-fair-value and countervailing duty investigations on “Certain Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers and Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China (China) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam)” (Initiation Notices) on June 15, 2020. The Anti-dumping and Countervailng investigation cover ertain rotary walk-behind lawn mowers, which are … Read more
On June 12, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 35975 on certain exclusions from the Section 301 duty related to goods from China ($300B Action – Tranche 4). There are 34 product specific exclusions and will retroactively apply as of the September 1, 2019 effective date of the … Read more
On June 19, 2020, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a notice announcing an additional exclusion on Section 301 List 3(Tranche 3). Below is the exclusion: “(79) Motorboats with displacement hulls of reinforced fiberglass and wood, each motorboat measuring not less than 14.47 m and not more than 36.57 m in length … Read more
On June 2, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 33775 to extend through December 31, 2020 certain product exclusions previously covered by the June 4, 2019 notice (see 84 FR 25895) for Section 301 duties on China ($34B Action – Tranche 1). These product exclusions relate to the … Read more