Responding to Communist China’s concentration camps for its minority Uighur population which include allegations of forced labor, involuntary abortions and other abuse, the Customs & Border Protection Agency (“CBP”) has increased its focus on products that it suspects originate in their home province of Xinjiang. You may recall that CBP recently issued a Withhold Release…
As a US importer or a foreign exporter to the US, you may not have thought Antidumping (“AD”) or Countervailing duties (“CVD”) apply to your products. Think again. The following trends indicate that, while such extraordinary duties apply to a minority of US import shipments, such duties are becoming more prevalent and if they do…
USMCA changes certificate of origin requirements One of the key changes affecting your trade compliance in the adoption of the USMCA, effective July 1st, involves the modification of the Certificate of Origin rules. To qualify for duty-free status, products traded between the US/Canada/Mexico must “originate” in one or more of the three countries and the…