Several of the largest container shipping companies are temporarily halting all cargo bookings to and from Russia due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, including Maersk, MSC, CMA CGM, ONE,…
Trade Alerts
Blockades at Canadian Border Crossings Causing Delays
The Coutts border crossing is the only 24/7 commercial crossing between Alberta and Montana, and it is one of Canada’s busiest crossings into the U.S. Service at the border has…
Phase 1 of ACE Portal Modernization in Effect
According to CSMS #50752966, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deployed Phase 1 of the ACE Secure Data Portal (ACE Portal) modernization on January 22, 2022. The updated platform is…
Mandatory Electronic Filing of USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Marketing Orders
According to CSMS #50708860, filing PGA USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Marketing Orders (MO) becomes mandatory on February 28, 2022. Importers of the following products will be required to provide…
HTS Classification Changes Become Effective January 27, 2022, and May Affect Your USMCA Certificate
As advised in a previous Trade Alert, the World Customs Organization (WCO) publishes changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) at the international level every five years. The changes go…
Bill Signed into Law Banning Goods Made with Forced Labor in Xinjiang
On December 23, 2021, President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law. The Act will go into effect on June 21, 2022. The Act prohibits U.S. imports…
Harmonized System Update on EU Steel and Aluminum Products
According to Customs and Border Protection’s CSMS #50533999, a Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2119 was created on December 28, 2021, for 284 ABI records and 71 Harmonized Tariff Records. Beginning…
APHIS No Longer Accepting Unoriginal Electronic Phytosanitary Certificates and Forms After 2021
Effective January 1, 2022, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will no longer accept unoriginal/copied phytosanitary certificates and forms for plant…
Trade Waiting for Release of 2022 HTSUS Changes
Importers and exporters are not strangers to the HTSUS updates issued by the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) throughout the calendar year, with larger revisions generally issued in July…
Transportation Disruption Continues in British Columbia
The Port of Vancouver is still suffering from congestion and operational disruptions since severe weather and flooding crippled rail and road access to the area two weeks ago. British Columbia…
