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WCO Harmonized Tariff Changes Are Now in Effect
2012-02-06 - Pacific Customs Brokers Inc The U. S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, which contains over 2,155 harmonized tariff changes, went into effect on February 3, 2011.
Napolitano Notes CBP Successes in State of Homeland Security Speech
2012-02-01 - Customs and Border Protection The work of Customs and Border Protection featured prominently in Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's address to Washington, D.C., journalists yesterday as she described how "our homeland security and our economic security go hand in hand."
DHS's Napolitano Promises More Trade Cooperation
2012-02-01 - The Journal of Commerce Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that security efforts will rely heavily on risk management and information sharing with trade partners to secure the movement of goods and people.
WTO slaps China's export restraints
2012-02-01 - American Shipper The World Trade Organization Appellate Body on Monday found China's export restraints on several industrial raw materials used as key components in the steel, aluminum, and chemicals industries to be inconsistent with the country's WTO obligations.
The Brewing Battle Over the HMT
2012-01-24 - DC Velocity Does the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) on U.S. imports encourage the diversion of cargo through Canada and Mexico?
Benefits of Border Deal Will Be Felt Soon, U.S. Envoy Says
2012-01-24 - The Vancouver Sun Canadians will start feeling the benefits this year of a new Canada-U.S border deal designed to better guard against terrorism and speed up cross-border traffic, says a senior U.S. official.
USTR Says All China CV Orders to Be Revoked Soon, Absent New Law
2012-01-24 - Broker Power - International Trade Today U.S. Trade Representative Kirk and Commerce Secretary Bryson sent a letter to the Senate Finance Committee warning that without new legislation, the International Trade Administration (ITA) will soon be forced to revoke its 24 existing countervailing duty (CVD) orders on imports from China and Vietnam and halt five similar pending investigations.
Pacific Customs Brokers Releases 'BorderPro' - iPhone Application Version 1.
2012-01-24 - Pacific Customs Brokers a first of its kind in the Transportation Industry. The 'BorderPro' iPhone app is in response to the growing demand from carriers, drivers and self-carrying clients of Pacific Customs Brokers to provide immediate shipment status updates.
Import Outlook Brightens
2012-01-23 - The Journal of Commerce American consumers are using their credit cards again, and forecasters expect retail sales and containerized imports to accelerate modestly this year.
President Proposes to Consolidate Six Federal Trade Agencies
2012-01-23 - ST&R Trade - World Trade Interactive President Obama announced Jan. 13 a proposal to consolidate six federal trade agencies into one department whose function will be to "promote competitiveness, exports and American business."
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