ACE e-Manifest Carrier Quantity Reporting
ISSUE: Carrier Penalties for reporting incorrect carrier manifest quantities Lately, CBP has been issuing penalties and warnings to Customs Brokers and Trucklines (carriers) for their reporting of incorrect or inaccurate manifest quantities. We tender this information to you in hopes that you will assist your carriers or work with them to provide usable quantities with which the can use to prepare their inward cargo manifest. Pallets / Skids: Both Pallets and Skids are not normally a usable quantity... Read More
IEEPA Reciprocal Tariff Delayed until August 1st
President Trump has issued an Executive Order postponing the effective date of the IEEPA Reciprocal Tariffs until Monday August 1st. They were originally scheduled for July 9th. This intent is to give individual countries more time to come to their own trade agreements with the US. If no trade agreement is in place with a country, then the Reciprocal Tariffs from early April will go into effect. As always, we will keep you informed of any changes as we become aware of them. Thank you. Read More
Home Appliances added to Steel Derivates commodities – Effective June 23, 2025
As reported by the National Customs Brokers Freight Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) the U.S. Presidential Administration has added many Home Appliances to the 50% Steel Derivatives List with an effective date of June 23, 2025. See following and the attached. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in a Federal Register notice today said it will include new steel derivatives involving household appliances under the Section 232 50% tariffs, effective 12:01 a.m.... Read More
Increase of Steel and Aluminum Tariffs to Increase to 50% Beginning June 4, 2025
The White House has just issued a Presidential Proclamation increasing the tariff for steel and aluminum products from 25% to 50% beginning at 12:01 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (that’s at 9:01 p.m. Tuesday June 5, 2025 PDT). This increase is for all countries except for the United Kingdom, which remains at 25%. As before, the situation is fluid and changes may arrive with very little notice. We will continue to post changes as they become available. The information presented here is from... Read More
China Tariffs to Begin Deescalation On May 14
The US and China have announced a joint plan to begin the deescalation of tariffs starting Wednesday May 14, 2025. The US will lower the Reciprocal Tariff to 10% for a period of 90-days. This is down from 125% imposed last month. However, the 20% Fentanyl Tariff remains in effect as does the original Section 301 Tariffs from Trump’s first term (7.5% or 25% depending on the HTS number used) as well as the Section 232 Tariffs (Aluminum/Steel and Autos/Auto Parts). We are awaiting further information... Read More
Auto Parts Tariffs to begin on Saturday, May 3rd
On Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. EDT (that’s 9:01 p.m. PDT on Friday May 2 for us here on the west coast), the 25% Auto Parts Tariffs will take effect. This tariff applies to all imported parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, SUV’s, crossover vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks. Auto parts that are eligible for special treatment under the USCMA, and appear on a valid USCMA Certificate of Origin, appear to be exempt from this tariff. For details, please see US Customs’... Read More
The White House causes some confusion about a 245% China tariff statement
Last week on 4/15/2025 the White House published a Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Action s on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products. In this document, the statement is made that “China faces up to a 245% reciprocal tariff on imports to the United States as a result of its retaliatory actions”. To be clear, the 245% is comprised of the following tariffs: Section 301 Tariffs from 2018 of 7.5%, 25%,... Read More
Reciprocal Tariffs for Countries in the Annex I List Have Been Reduced; China Has Their Tariff Raised
Although we have not seen any official reports from US Customs, major new outlets are reporting that the IEEPA Reciprocal Tariffs that went into effect this morning have been paused for 90 days for the countries that were on the Annex I list. Instead, their tariffs have dropped to the 10% baseline along with everyone else. Goods from Canada and Mexico covered under the USMCA are exempt from the 10%. Goods that are not covered by the USCMA are still subject to the 25% tariff. Also, the separate tariffs... Read More
Increase of IEEPA Reciprocal Tariff Rate for China to 84%
Beginning at 12:01 a.m. ET today, The IEEPA Reciprocal Tariff Rate for Chinese goods increase from 34% to 84%. This is addition to all other duties. As always, this is a fluid situation, so we will keep you updated as soon as we receive official notification from US Customs of any changes. Read More
Section 232 IEEPA Reciprocal Tariffs Summary
IEEPA Reciprocal Tariffs Summary President Trump signed an Executive Order on April 2nd invoking Section 232 of IEEPA Authority. This Executive Order imposed a universal 10% tariff for imports of all countries except as noted below. Selected countries will have a greater tariff than the baseline 10%. All imports subject to the 10% duty will be assessed the duty effective 12:01 a.m. ET on Saturday 4/5/2025 (that’s 9:01 p.m. PT on Friday 4/4/2025). Annex I lists countries that subject to a tariff... Read More
