Importers with compliance programs understand that such a program includes multiple business activities. It starts with sourcing, moves through country of origin marking and proper classification, screening for potential trade...
Held this year in Tucson, Arizona, the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America's (NCBFAA) Annual Conference is our chance to hear from regulators, private sector leaders and chat...
When you are transporting cargo, there are multiple modes of transportation utilized before it reaches the final destination. Be it by air, sea, truck, or by rail, there are usually...
CBP made news this week as the ramp-up to the enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) signed by the President late last year comes into force on...
While China’s zero-tolerance policy is among the strictest approaches in the world, a recent surge in Omicron COVID-related infections have hit the mainland hard, forcing it to reconsider how it...
As the US and European allies continue to identify ways to punish Russia for Ukraine, last week news broke that one step that governments were planning to take was the...
The good and bad news of container congestion should be able to balance each other out as the US west coast finds a bit of relief while east coast ports...
Congress has seen a major effort meant to empower the shipping industry's regulator and strengthen the hand of shippers introduced in the Senate. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) has...
When is a foreign country not a foreign country for the purposes of customs, manufacturing, and duty assessment? When it's actually here in the United States, is called a Foreign...
The “COVID-zero” strategy throughout China and Hong Kong threatens to drive up logistics costs by 40% and drive down capacity to one-fifth of pre-pandemic levels as cities around Beijing restrict...