Trade Alerts

On Friday, November 25, 2016, the US Lumber Coalition filed a petition for relief from Canadian subsidies on exports of softwood lumber to the United States. The industry group alleges that Canadian provincial governments, which own the vast bulk of Canad

Effective November 15, 2016, exporters will be required to begin using the new unified Destination Control Statement (DCS) on their commercial invoice for tangible items controlled under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) or the International Tra

On November 10, 2016, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an industry Guidance regarding the FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP). The program, created under guidance from the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA),

In accordance with Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) requirement that importers maintain all records pertaining to an importation for a period of 5 years from the date of importation, Deringer encourages all of our customers to use the end of the ye

On October 31, 2016, three Japanese steamship lines elected to merge their container businesses, which would create Asia’s second-largest box carrier and the world’s sixth-largest one overall. The merger, between Nippon Yusen KK (NYK), Mitsui O.S.K. L

On October 28, 2016, the World Customs Organization released the 2017 edition of the Harmonized System Nomenclature (HS), the world’s global standard for classifying goods in international trade; the 2017 edition will enter into use on January 1, 2017.

Major steamship lines have implemented an October 15, 2016, General rate Increase (GRI) for transpacific cargo from the Far East and India to the US and Canada. While early indications pointed towards a significant rate increase, Deringer has observed rat

Many of our customers have reported receiving Informed Compliance Letters” from US Customs and Border Protection’s Regulatory Audit department. While the letters vary, the theme is the same, CBP is advising that the recipient review the company&#39

Introduced more than 12 years ago, the Canadian Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) Advance Commercial Information (ACI) program ushered in a more efficient risk management process to help identify threats prior to the arrival of cargo and conveyances in Ca

Following an inter-ministerial meeting, workers at the Port of Chittagong called off an October 4, 2016, strike; while no resolution was met, Prime Mover-Trailer Owners and Workers’ Unity Council agreed to postpone the strike until October 13, 2016, all