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ACE Mandatory Usage Effective July 23rd US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that effective July 23rd, 2016 Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) will be the sole CBP authorized EDI system for the electronic entry and entry summary filings for all…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (OTR) are working to restructure the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) due to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Further information has been provided regarding the proposed plan for…
Sadie Keljikian, Express Trade Capital Two weeks ago, President Obama signed H.R. 644, or the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. The Act includes supplemental provisions to international trade agreements including the recent Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Act provides…
As per U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), those manufacturing goods in West Bank must ensure that all goods produced in West Bank or Gaza Strip are marked correctly. Goods entering the U.S. from these locations must abide by these…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has entered the third phase of its renewed Generalized System of Preference (GSP) Retroactive Refund Processing. The system was enacted on July 29th, 2015 and remains in effect through December 31, 2017. During the third phase, importers…
Sadie Keljikian, Express Trade Capital Officials warn that a second explosion at the port in Tianjin, China on October 12th could have contaminated goods scheduled for export. The FDA is requiring importers to submit entry and shipping documents for all human…
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has completed 98% of the automatic refunds for Generalized System of Preference (GSP) for entries filed with the “A” SPI and were duty paid. CPB is reviewing the remaining 2% of qualifying entries for…
The first phase of the Partner Government Agency (PGA) Pilots in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) was initiated last week. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are two of the fourteen agencies…
Esther Shmunis, Express Trade Capital Trade Preferences Extension Act Signed Yesterday, the President signed the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 into law. The Act grants the President the broad power to submit trade deals to Congress for an up-or-down…
Esther Shmunis, Express Trade Capital In response to the recent West Coast port work stoppages that have strained the U.S. economy, enraged the nations’ embattled retailers and impacted millions of American jobs, the federal government has begun deliberations on whether…