Issue 12, April 14, 2008
Import Security Filing

Issue 01, January 7, 2008
10+2 Program Update

Issue 036, October 19, 2007
Documentation Required to Support NAFTA and other FTA Claims

Issue 032, October 2, 2007
10+2 Security Filing

Issue 027, September 5, 2007
U. S. Import - Supplementary Information Letter (SIL) is Abandoned by Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Issue 026, August 31, 2007
Entries Containing Anti-Dumping Duties Create Special Liabilities for U.S. Importers

Issue 025, August 14, 2007
Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in the United Kingdom

Issue 024, August 9, 2007
Customs Border & Protection Announces In Roads for Greater Participation in ACE by Trade Community

Issue 020, July 06, 2007
Generalized Systems of Preferences (GSP) Changes Effective June 28th, 2007

Issue 017, June 21, 2007
US Import Compliance - The Use Provision

Issue 016, June 1, 2007
Possible Increase of Exams on Deemed “High Risk” Shipments

Issue 004, January 22, 2007
Effects of 2007 WCO Tariff Changes on NAFTA & Status of 2007 WCO Tariff Implementation

Issue 542, December 7, 2006
USDA Delays New Inspection Fees On Canadian Agricultural Entering the USA From Canada

Issue 540, December 5, 2006
Liberalizing of Certain North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Specific Rules of Origin

Issue 536, November 6, 2006
Implementation of the Softwood Lumber Agreement Between the USA and Canada

Issue 535, November 3, 2006
USDA Imposing Inspection Fees On Agricultural Products Entering The USA From Canada

Issue 531, October 15, 2006
Harmonized Tariff Schedule Accountability

Issue 497, November 16, 2005
Controlling Your China Textile Safeguard Destiny

Issue 496, November 11, 2005
Important Notice to Textile Importers

Issue 493, October 19, 2005
Care Recommended on Importation of Products Potentially Subject to China Safeguards

Issue 491, October 12, 2005
Customs Changes to Automated Clearing House (ACH) Payments

Issue 490, October 10, 2005
Changes to Customs Regulations Regarding Textile and Apparel Products

Issue 476, July 5, 2005
Peak Season Market Forecast 2005 Asia to North America

Issue 461, January 25, 2005
Shipping Non-Rechargeable Lithium Batteries Ruling, Effective January 1, 2005

Issue 448, August 24, 2004
Customs to Begin Requiring IRS Numbers for Consignee

Issue 447, August 11, 2004
On the FAST Track

Issue 446, August 10, 2004
New regulations by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Issue 445, August 5, 2004
Change in U.S. Customs Border & Protection Rules Impacts Combined Assembly Shipments

Issue 441, May 27, 2004
SWPM Update May 2004

Issue 439, May 4, 2004
Pending Changes In Customs' Audit Policy Could Force Importers To Rethink Strategy

Issue 437, April 5, 2004
Temporary Rate Adjustment (TRA) Removed Effective 7 April (Except HKG & SHA)

Issue 434, March 9, 2004
Heightened Textile Import Examinations

Issue 432, March 5, 2004
Delay in Implementation of Air Automated Manifest System Requirements in US

Issue 431, March 1, 2004
Court Confirms "Offsets" Not Available in Prior Disclosures

Issue 429, February 17, 2004
Update on SWPM Requirement

Issue 427, January 30, 2004
International Trade Administration (ITA) Reviews Procedures

Issue 426, December 26, 2003
New Restrictions for SWPM/Solid Wood Packing Materials on Inbound Shipments to the United States, Canada and Mexico

Issue 409, July 22, 2003
Proposed Cargo Security Regulations

Issue 407, July 15, 2003
Customs Takes Action on Coated Leather Handbags

Issue 406, June 6, 2003
Customs and Border Protection Tightens Regulation Regarding IRS Number Requirement

Issue 404, June 2, 2003
Bioterrorism Act - FDA Prior Notice on Food Importations

Issue 403, May 16, 2003
Korean Port Strike Ends, Container Traffic Resumes

Issue 402, May 15, 2003
Paying U.S. Customs

Issue 400, May 12, 2003
Customs Calls a Halt to Use of CF-28s For Collecting Information on Supply Chain Security

Issue 399, April 23, 2003
U.S. Customs Expands Supply Chain Security To Mexico With The BASC Program

Issue 398, April 3, 2003
Self-Policing Duty Preference Programs

Issue 396, March 27, 2003
Pre-Importation Notification of Food Products

Issue 395, March 21, 2003
Conflict in the Middle East - Air Update 3/21/03

Issue 394, March 20, 2003
Conflict in the Middle East - Air Update 3/20/03

Issue 393, March 17, 2003
Conflict in the Middle East - Air and Ocean Update 3/19/03

Issue 391, March 6, 2003
Enrollment In C-TPAT Is Gaining Momentum - The Time To Enroll Is Now

Issue 390, February 25, 2003
Middle East Outlook/Contingency Plans - Ocean Freight

Issue 387, February 13, 2003
Changes Made to NAFTA Rules of Origin

Issue 386, February 6, 2003
Middle East Outlook/Contingency Plans

Issue 385, January 21, 2003
24 Hour Rule Affecting All Ocean Import Shipments to the United States

Issue 382, January 8, 2003
New Import License Requirement For Steel Products Covered By Sec 201

Issue 381, December 16, 2002
ILWU/PMA Update

Issue 380, December 3, 2002
U.S. Customs Rule on 24-Hour Advanced Manifest Filing

Issue 378, November 25, 2002
The PMA and ILWU Reach Agreement

Issue 378, November 22, 2002
TRA Reductions

Issue 377, October 30, 2002
Attention Ocean Shippers! 24 Hours Manifest Rule Imminent!

Issue 376, October 25, 2002
West Coast Talks Go On, And So Do Charges

Issue 375, October 21, 2002
Carriers Set Surcharges

Issue 374, October 18, 2002
An Increase in the TRA

Issue 373, October 16, 2002
West Coast Port Update - Slow Progress

Issue 372, October 11, 2002
TRA to be Implemented

Issue 371, October 9, 2002
U.S. Judge Orders Ports to Reopen

Issue 370, October 7, 2002
ILWU and PMA - The Government Intervenes

Issue 369, October 3, 2002
ILWU and PMA Agree to Meet with Federal Mediator

Issue 368, October 2, 2002
West Coast Shutdown Still Unresolved

Issue 367, October 1, 2002
West Coast Port Shutdown

Issue 366, September 30, 2002
West Coast Lockout by PMA

Issue 365, September 27, 2002
Potential Port Delays

Issue 363, September 20, 2002
ILWU Update

Issue 362, September 19, 2002
ILWU Update

Issue 361, September 17, 2002
ILWU Update

Issue 359, September 4, 2002
ILWU Update

Issue 358, August 29, 2002
Danzas Launches New Charter Service Program in Hong Kong

Issue 357, July 23, 2002
Industry Update 4 - ILWU

Issue 356, July 18, 2002
Update Regarding Fee on Beef Imports

Issue 355, July 12, 2002
Air Freight Weight/Volume Ratio

Issue 354, July 10, 2002
What's the Word from U.S. Customs These Days?

Issue 353, July 1, 2002
Industry Update 3 - ILWU

Issue 352, June 19, 2002
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Opened to All Importers

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Issue 351, June 14, 2002
Industry Update 2 - ILWU

Issue 349, May 17, 2002
Industry Update - ILWU

Issue 348, May 16, 2002
Medical Device Importers Must Designate U.S. Agent

Issue 347, May 15, 2002
A Notice from U.S. Customs

Issue 346, May 8, 2002
Reexamining Your Customs Compliance Structure

Issue 345, May 3, 2002
Industry Update: GRI

Issue 344, April 30, 2002
Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights - A Brief Primer

Issue 341, April 16, 2002
Mexico Maquiladora Update

Issue 340, April 10, 2002
Industry Update - AMPS Implementation Delayed - Alameda Corridor Fee

Issue 338, March 29, 2002
Industry Update - Asian Backlog

Issue 337, March 27, 2002
Mead Prevails As Court Finds No "Power to Persuade" in Customs Ruling

Issue 335, March 19, 2002
Confidentiality of Vessel Manifest Information

Issue 334, March 12, 2002
Update - Steel Duty

Issue 333, March 7, 2002
Time to Update Your Certificates of Origin

Issue 331, February 21, 2002
Customs Conducts New "Focused Assessments" of Importers

Issue 330, February 19, 2002
BIG Changes in Schedule B and HTS Numbers

Issue 329, November 30, 2001
Customs' New Initiative: Cargo Security

Issue 328, October 23, 2001
CAFC Decides First Case Under Mead Standard

Issue 312, August 31, 2001
Time to Perform a Classification Check Up

Issue 311, August 7, 2001
Customs Reintroduces Self-Assessment Program

Issue 310, August 2, 2001
Customs Proposes New Administrative Rulings Regulations

Issue 309, July 17, 2001
Customs Identifies "Best Practices"

Issue 308, July 10, 2001
Trade Court Addresses Festive Articles

Issue 305, June 22, 2001
Supreme Court Rejects Chevron Deference for Classification Rulings

Issue 303, June 1, 2001
Court Continues to Chip Away at Chevron for Customs

Issue 302, May 30, 2001
HMT on Imports Case Still Alive

Issue 300, April 19, 2001
Update on Efforts to Simplify Harmonized Tariff System

Issue 297, March 16, 2001
... but where can I get antidumping duty information?

Issue 296, March 14, 2001
The Foot and Mouth Disease

Issue 294, February 16, 2001
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
$2.00 CIF Flag Requirement - Change in Practice

Issue 293, February 14, 2001
Retrieve Your Customs Account Activity Data

Issue 292, February 9, 2001
Tariff Classification: No More "More Than" Rules

Issue 291, February 6, 2001
CIT Decides Case on Reasonable Care and Liability for Marking Duties under Section 592

Issue 290, January 31, 2001
Managing Certificates of Origin

Issue 289, January 25, 2001
Pumps and Motors and Jigs, Oh My!
How Do I Classify Machine Tool Parts?

Issue 288, January 19, 2001
Do You Have The Right To Make Entry?

Issue 286, January 11, 2001
New Duty Treatment For Prototypes

Issue 284, December 14, 2000
Duty Drawback - Recent changes - and more to follow?

Issue 283, December 8, 2000
Mexico Update

Issue 282, December 5, 2000
Ultimate Consignee and Drop Ships

Issue 281, December 1, 2000
Reconciliation Prototype and Liquidated Damages

Issue 278, November 9, 2000
Customs Publishes Final Recordkeeping Penalty Mitigation Guidelines

Issue 277, November 3, 2000
Mexico Extends Duty Deferral Status For Maquiladoras

Issue 276, October 31, 2000
NAFTA Article 303 and its Impact on the United States

Issue 275, October 26, 2000
Customs to Distribute Antidumping/Countervailing Duties to U.S. Industry

Issue 274, October 24, 2000
Updates on Textile Enforcement

Issue 273, October 17, 2000
Don't Ignore the CF 28! Use It to Your Advantage

Issue 272, September 13, 2000
Petitions for Relief from Penalties

Issue 270, September 6, 2000
To Save Duties, Mexican Maquiladoras Rush to Participate in the Sectoral Promotion Program

Issue 269, August 22, 2000
WCO Begins To Rewrite The Harmonized Tariff

Issue 268, August 18, 2000
Commercial Invoice Descriptions - A Cornerstone of the Import Transaction

Issue 267, August 15, 2000
Crackdown on Improper Marking of Wearing Apparel

Issue 266, August 8, 2000
A New Political and Economic Era in Mexico

Issue 265, August 1, 2000
To Defer or Not to Defer? That is the Question.

Issue 264, July 25, 2000
Customs Expands the Scope of Conduct Subject to Penalty

Issue 262, July 11, 2000
U.S. Customs Post Entry Amendment Policy

Issue 261, June 20, 2000
The Best Insurance Policy for U.S. Importers is Reasonable Care

Issue 258, May 25, 2000
The Best Insurance Policy for U.S. Importers is Reasonable Care

Issue 255, May 16, 2000
The Expected Transformation of "Informed Compliance" to "Enforced Compliance"

Issue 253, March 16, 2000
Court Gives Guidance on Use of Section 1520(c)(1)

Issue 252, March 14, 2000
Issue 252, March 14, 2000
Customs Wins Major Court Battle Regarding the Dutiable Status of Exclusive Distribution Rights

Issue 249, February 25, 2000
Temporary Import Bonds - Look Before You Leap

Issue 248, February 15, 2000
GAO Finds Customs Failed to Achieve Results

Issue 246, February 8, 2000
Industry News

Issue 244, February 1, 2000
Recent Court Decision Impacts Importers and Exporters

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