GHY discusses changes to international trade regulations and explores cutting-edge compliance strategies.
Posted September 27, 2019
Under Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues
Importer of Low Value Goods? Stay compliant. Changes to ACE are on their way with CBP's pilot testing. Find out what the required data elements are and further details here. Continue Reading
Posted July 11, 2019
Under Canadian Customs Issues, GHY International, International Trade Issues, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues
Often highlighted as a positive outcome from renegotiation of NAFTA, the new trade deal struck last year between the Canada, Mexico and the United States will raise the so-called de minimus thresholds under which low-value parcels can be imported duty/tax free. That is, once the USMCA makes it through a highly polarized Congress... Continue Reading
Posted March 28, 2019
With counterfeit products on the rise thanks in part to the boom in e-commerce and despite calls for coordinated action on the part of governments around the world to combat the problem, for now the onus remains with trademark owners to be proactive in guarding their interests and ensuring that the value of their intellectual property isn’t being undermined by cheap knockoffs. Continue Reading
Posted November 06, 2018
Under International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues
As part of an effort to modernize the handling of certain low-value imports, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that beginning next year all commercial truck shipments containing “Section 321 merchandise” will be required to file an advance electronic manifest. Continue Reading
Posted November 01, 2018
U.S. Customs says it plans to focus on four major areas aimed at “further enhancing the agency’s security posture, modernizing import and export processes, improving our trade intelligence, and maximizing efficiencies,” according to a recently published “Trade Strategy 2020” that it says “provides a framework for our priorities within CBP’s overarching mission to provide trade security, enforcement and facilitation.” Continue Reading
Posted March 27, 2018
Under International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues
Earlier this month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a long-awaited strategic position paper describing how the agency intends to cope with safety and security risks posed by the increasing number of low-value, high-volume cross-border shipments resulting from the global shift in trade to an e-commerce platform. Continue Reading
