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Shipping Gifts Into The US? Here Is What You Need To Know

Each year around this time, consumers ship gifts to clients, friends and family. If these gifts are crossing into the US from a foreign country, there are a few things you should know.

Estimated vs. Actual Duty Costs: CBP Liquidation Explained

For new importers, or just importers who are new to importing into the US, the concept of an ‘estimated duty’ on a customs broker’s invoice for duty can sometimes be a bit of a challenge to understand. After all, how and why are duties and taxes being estimated? Aren’t they comparable to a ticket price? The short answer is no, and the process at play is one referred to as ‘liquidation.’ The way liquidation works is, essentially, that the amounts owed to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in the form of duties and taxes, remain an ‘estimate’ until they are ‘liquidated’ by CBP. This means that you pay this estimated amount, and the goods are then released. However, there is still a significant period after that during which CBP can adjust the final accounting if necessary.

It’s Time to Renew Your Free Trade Agreement Documents

As the title might suggest, it is once again time to renew your free trade agreement (FTA) certifications, including your USCMA/CUSMA/T-MEC Certificate of Origin. If you already know what we are talking about, then just consider this a friendly reminder to get your certification in order as you’ve done in the past, and contact your broker to initiate this process as promptly as possible. Sooner is always better than later in our current trade environment.

The CBP And Cargo Abandonment

Cargo abandonment is a topic that has been on the rise of late, with increasingly frequent regulatory changes often adding additional stress or challenges on importers, leaving them in positions where sometimes hard or impossible choices need to be made.

How to Import Without De Minimis

For those who are not aware, de minimis shipping has come to an end in the US. Effective August 29, 2025, the de minimis exemption, which previously extended duty-free shipping to goods with a value of less than $800, is being suspended in an effort to address national security concerns, including the trafficking of illicit goods such as fentanyl.

What is a Petition for Mitigation, and What is a Prior Disclosure?

There is simply no other way to put it, for Customs and Border Protection, trade is at the forefront of their focus, and that means at ports of entry there is increased enforcement against non-compliance. The means of detecting infractions are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and mistakes that may have gone undetected in the past are being brought to light with even greater effectiveness.

What are the Differences between a Post Summary Correction and a Protest?

If you have been keeping abreast of the news over the past few months, you’ll know that there is a possibility of a refund on overpaid tariffs. In contemplating what the process of managing this refund might look like, we are brought to a highly relevant topic, namely, how the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processes corrections related to your imports. This is important information not only because it is a vital tool for ensuring accurate filing and the proper payment of duties, but also because it will likely be the mechanism used to process any potential refunds.

What is a CBP Automated Clearinghouse, and Why Do You Need It?

If your import business involves making payments to Customs and Border Protection, then now is the time to register with the CBP Automated Clearinghouse (ACH). This service is uniquely qualified to help US importers have clarity and order even during tumultuous moments in the international marketplace, and once you are registered, the benefits are many and nearly instantaneous.