By: Jennifer Horvath, Associate Attorney The ongoing negotiations involving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have recently been the subject of increased attention, both in the national
By: Christos Linardakis, Senior Counsel It’s been my experience over the past 30 years that regardless of what the U.S. economy may be doing, whether
Watches, clocks, and other timepieces hold a singular distinction in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. (HTSUS), as being the only products broken down
By: Bruce H. Leeds, Senior Counsel “Customs business” is defined in Part 111.1 of the Customs Regulations as “those activities involving transactions with CBP concerning
By: Adrienne Braumiller, Partner and Devin Sefton, Associate Attorney Just last month, Schlumberger Ltd. (Schlumberger), subsidiary Schlumberger Oil Field Holdings Ltd. (SOHL), agreed to pay
Sometimes the most efficient solution for our clients involves extending our partnership to provide them with one or more compliance specialists dedicated exclusively to their
By: Linnea Deeds, Senior Trade Advisor U.S. government agencies rely heavily on companies worldwide to voluntarily self-disclose export violations. The sheer volume of international transactions
By: Paul Fudacz, Senior Associate Attorney Under the NAFTA Rules of Origin, General Note (GN) 12 of the HTSUS, when non-originating materials are used to
By: Bruce H. Leeds, Senior Counsel A number of years ago I attended a 2-day workshop conducted by U.S. Customs. The agency was discontinuing the
Joe brings over 35 years of Federal Service experience to Braumiller Consulting Group, LLP. He is the former U.S. Census Bureau’s International Trade Ombudsman and
It’s been six decades of diplomatic separation between Cuba and the U.S., and Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro nevertheless found a way to sit down together recently in Panama and make a public display of their talks at a regional summit, moving one step closer to restoring diplomatic ties.
The Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) allows articles to be imported into the U.S. free of duty and Merchandise Processing Fees.
Recent news in Mexico has once again exposed situations where Mexican politicians have been involved in acts of corruption and mismanagement.
Many manufacturers of nonroad gas or diesel engine propelled equipment provide replacement engines as a service parts offering.
As of February 27, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP or Customs) officials were touting that the phased implementation of ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) was right on schedule.
Facilitation of trade is one of Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) mandates, and they are developing methodologies to accomplish this. Evidence to this is the establishment of Centers of Excellence and Expertise.
No matter the size of a company, when negotiating international agreements, the potential problems, pitfalls and disputes, both known and unknown, are substantial.
The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) had a busy year in 2014. It decided 163 cases, the most since 2007. Based on these cases, importers glean current regulatory trends and several important lessons.
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.
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