The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has completed its annual review of importer financial security requirements. If your importer’s required Customs bond has increased, you must update it by January…
Trade Alerts
Increasing Section 232 Duties
This is a reminder that Section 232 duties on certain wood and wood‑based products will increase on January 1, 2026. These changes follow the Administration’s national‑security review of wood product…
Enforcement of ISPM-15 Hyphen Requirement
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed that the temporary suspension of the ISPM-15 hyphen requirement for Wood Packaging Material (WPM) ends December 31, 2025. Effective…
Upcoming NOAA Webinars on Certification of Admissibility (COA)
NOAA Fisheries’ Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce will host two public webinars on December 16, 2025, to review the Certification of Admissibility (COA) process under the Marine Mammal…
End of Paper Lacey Act Filings
Beginning January 1, 2026, USDA-APHIS will no longer accept paper Lacey Act declarations (PPQ 505/505B). All filers must transition to electronic submission through CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) or USDA’s…
Tariff Updates Under U.S.–Korea Agreement
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced today, December 3, 2025, that tariff modifications under the recent U.S.–South Korea agreement and outlined in a Nov. 13 fact sheet…
Mandatory CPSC eFiling Starts July
The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) recently hosted a webinar on the upcoming CPSC eFiling initiative, which becomes mandatory in July for consumption entries. FTZ filers…
Key IEEPA updates, exclusions, and agreements
President Trump signed an executive order removing certain agricultural products from IEEPA reciprocal tariffs. These items were added to Annex II (covering all countries) and removed from Annex III (PTAAP).…
Supreme Court Weighs Legality of IEEPA Tariffs
As we previously noted in a Trade Alert dated September 10, 2025, the Supreme Court continues to weigh the legality of International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs. At this…
Update: Agricultural Products Exempt from Brazil Tariffs
Effective November 13, 2025, 238 HTSUS classifications and 11 additional agricultural product categories are now exempt from tariffs imposed under Executive Order 14323. Importers should declare heading 9903.01.81 or 9903.01.90 for qualifying goods and maintain…
