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QS 23-308 Specialty Sugar Period 4
Please note the link below for QB 23-308 2023 Specialty Sugar Period 4, as published on CBP's webpage: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/quota/bulletins/qb-23-308
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Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership - Kenya and United States
The United States and Kenya will hold an in-person negotiating round under their Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) in Kenya from April 17-20, 2023. The United States delegation will be led by Assistant United States Trade…
Read advisory →Aluminum Absolute Quota Second Quarter Argentina
Please visit the CBP webpage for Quota Bulletin QB 23-702 2023 Aluminum Absolute Quota Second Quarter Argentina.
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UFLPA Region Alert and Postal Code Requirements FAQs
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has published a Frequently Asked Questions document related to the upcoming UFLPA Region Alert and Postal Code Requirements that will go into effect on March 18, 2023.
Read advisory →Section 232 Additional Duties on Russian Aluminum
Effective March 10, 2023, for goods subject to the Proclamation, importers shall report the following HTS classifications:
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Rate Quota Volume for Raw Cane Sugar
On March 13, 2023, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced the reallocation of the unused country-specific quota allocations under the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on imported raw cane sugar for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 (October 1,…
Read advisory →EPA Compliance Advisory Alert: Imports of Pesticide Devices
The number of devices being distributed or sold in the United States (U.S.) has been increasing significantly. EPA has found substantial non-compliance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) in the device and…
Read advisory →Fact Sheet: USTR Releases 2023 Trade Policy Agenda and 2022 Annual Report
Ambassador Katherine Tai and the Office of the United States Trade Representative delivered President Biden’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda and 2022 Annual Report to Congress on March 1, 2023. This report includes USTR’s work to implement the…
Read advisory →FDA accepting Port of Entry changes via ACE
An enhancement is planned which will support FDA accepting Port of Entry changes via ACE. The deployment schedule is:
Read advisory →Section 301 China Conforming Amendments
On February 10, 2023, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published 88 FR 8986 making conforming and technical amendments to exclusions outlined in Annex I and II to provisions in the HTSUS associated with the actions in the section 301…
Read advisory →TRQ Aluminum European Union (EU) Member Countries and United Kingdom
QB 23-711 2023 First and Second Period Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for Aluminum Articles of European Union (EU) Member Countries Updated March 6, 2023
Read advisory →Federal Circuit Reverses CIT Decision and Allows Section 232 Tariffs on Steel Derivatives
On February 7, 2023, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued an opinion in PrimeSource Building Products Inc. v. United States et al, Case No 2021-2066, reversing a lower court decision and…
Read advisory →Statement from Ambassador Katherine Tai on Mexico's Action on Imports Produced with Forced Labor
United States Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, released the following statement after Mexico published a resolution aimed at prohibiting the importation of merchandise produced with forced labor.
Read advisory →Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic (CSPV) Solar Cells
In alignment with Presidential Proclamation of February 4, 2022, under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 providing for a tariff rate quota (TRQ) for Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and an additional duty for modules…
Read advisory →USDA Agricultural Marketing Service National Organic Program
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service National Organic Program (NOP) has published the Strengthening Organic Enforcement rule that is scheduled to go into effect in March 2023. There will be a year-long phase-in period to allow filers to…
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