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…
Trade Alerts
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…
Softwood Lumber AD/CVD Rates Published by the Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce (DOC) published in the Federal Register on December 2, 2021, its final determination for the administrative review of AD/CVD cases A-122-857 and C-122-858 for the period…
CBP Issues Guidance for Canadian Truck Carriers Affected by Weather Disruptions in B.C.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued guidance to alleviate the supply chain disruptions that extreme weather conditions have caused in British Columbia, Canada. According to CBP’s CSMS #50138288, here…
