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Wood Packaging Materials (WPM) has increased the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) refusals of import shipments...

Are your Importer Security Filing (ISF) submissions completed on time and accurately with every transaction? Full enforcement of Importer Security Filing (ISF) has been in effect since July 2013...

There is considerable and understandable concern within the trade community regarding the current West Coast trade disruptions, and the resulting delays …

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Certificate of Origin can be one of the most difficult documents for Importers to complete...

Every commodity that clears through customs must have an accurate and correct Harmonized System code (HS code) applied to it. This code identifies the …

4 reasons H.S. Tariff Classification's is so important. (1) Duty Rates, (2) Free Trade Agreements, (3) Anti-Dumping Duties, and (4) Exporting.

It has come to the attention of the customs brokerage community that there has been an increased occurrence of alterations being made to Phytosanitary…

New export reporting requirements from the US Effective October 2, 2014, the US Census Bureau (Census) Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR)...

About the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) program: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) improves the registration process by ensuring…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a number of new rules during 2013 which have been in various stages of "public comment" for some time...