March Newsletter: Happy St. Patrick's Day and more... About St. Patrick's Day Logistics IMPORTING Reminder: Ace Mandatory Use Dates -->The next two mandatory use dates impact importers. Importers to Pay Over $3 Million Relating to Evaded Customs Duties EXPORTING Country Commercial Guides: Exporting A Starting Point BIS Guidance on License … [Read more...]
Reminder: Ace Mandatory Use Dates
Reminder: Ace Mandatory Use Dates Here are some of the Mandatory use of ACE for electronic entry and entry summary filings. November 1, 2015 began the transition period for electronic entry and entry summary filings in ACE. You will be impacted if you: Electronically submit entry or entry summary data to CBP Groups most likely to be impacted: Importers, Brokers, … [Read more...]
Importers to Pay Over $3 Million Relating to Evaded Customs Duties
Importers to Pay Over $3 Million Relating to Evaded Customs Duties From the DOJ: The Department of Justice announced that California-based C.R. Laurence Co. Inc., Florida-based Southeastern Aluminum Products Inc. and Texas-based Waterfall Group LLC have agreed to pay $2,300,000, $650,000 and $100,000, respectively, to resolve a lawsuit brought by the United States under … [Read more...]
February Newsletter: SOLAS & ACE & More
February Newsletter: SOLAS & ACE & More UPDATE: IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR 2016: ⇒UPDATE ON ACE! → A staggered approach... → →Includes new timeline ⇒SOLAS - New Container Weighing Regulations → No Delay – Container Weight Rule: 7/1/2016 → How to Meet the Container Weight Mandate Other News: FAA Lithium Batteries Risk Import Violations Export … [Read more...]
How to Meet the SOLAS Container Weight Mandate
How to Meet the SOLAS Container Weight Mandate Approximately 20% of containers at any given time are declared in error, and upwards of two-thirds of all cargo claims may be attributed to these declared errors and poor container packing. From 2006 to 2011 alone, an estimated $12.8 million dollars in losses stemmed from these errors of cargo weight. This is the reason the … [Read more...]