By Brandon Smith, Associate Attorney for Braumiller Law Group Round 4 of the NAFTA renegotiation discussions concluded last month in Washington, D.C. NAFTA member representatives
By Attorney Sam Webb, The Cox Law Firm The last thing on the mind of a trade professional is the rendition of the value of
Regulations like the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act, and the UK Modern Slavery Act, mean that compliance officers around the world are now in
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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC, is a highly respected international trade law firm based out of Dallas, TX, with offices in the U.S. and Mexico. Yes we have, on many occasions, made some magic happen, when it came to saving our clients’ money from potentially large Customs penalties.
“How do I know whether my anti-bribery program is good?” That’s a question asked every day by compliance officers throughout the world. Up until now
As a general rule, importers and exporters are required to electronically submit to MX Customs a form called pedimento for each customs operation. The pedimento
CBP has begun to issue informed compliance notification letters to importers. The receipt of an informed compliance notification letter means Regulatory Audit has identified specific
Come October 1, 2016, CBP’s entry reconciliation program is scheduled to transition to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) from the Automated Commercial System (ACS), and
Recent statistics show that Mexico is the seventh largest manufacturer of light and heavy vehicles in the world. The main participating companies are foreign entities that in an effort to minimize labor costs and achieve a better manufacturing quality have chosen Mexico for these and other purposes.
Customs Related party Valuation: What’s an Importer to do? In last month’s article, we looked at how an importer might use a Transfer Pricing Study,
What is the main purpose of maquiladoras entities? The answer is simple; to not pay taxes. While that does sound appealing, bear in mind that
I came across an interesting statistic the other day published by the U.S. Census Bureau: in 2014, related-party imports accounted for about 50.9 percent (($1,178.7
Once again there is reinforcement to the fact that it is very difficult, and complex, to import or export within the United States. On April
By way of its publication of the first Customs Notice of the year, CN 15-001, “Treatment of Downward Price Adjustments in Value for Duty Calculations”, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has brought about a fairly substantive revision to a time-honored tenet of its valuation policies.
As you sip your frothy Cappuccino while basking in the glow of your most recent quarterly report which shows a dramatic increase in sales in
A father and son are facing federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to unlawfully export U.S. goods and machinery that could be used
The Department of State, through the Research & Analysis Division (RAD), Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (DTCC), Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM) operates an end-use
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently released a summary of its activities in Fiscal Year 2012, which the agency says was marked by “historic
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