Using Informant: Importer Charged $1.2 Million For Underpaying Duties Bizlink Technology, an importer of computer cable assemblies located in California, has paid $1.2 million to settle charges that it violated the civil False Claims Act by underpaying customs duties owed on goods imported from China. Based on information from a former manager, Bizlink underpaid customs … [Read more...]
Vancouver Trucking Strike Update
Vancouver Trucking Strike Update The Government of Canada announced on Wednesday evening that they are taking immediate and coordinated action to address the work disruption at Port Metro Vancouver. Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) expects everyone with a TLS license or permit to be at work on Thursday, March 20. PMV will begin its planned reform of the licensing system and move to … [Read more...]
2014 Pending West Coast Dock Strike
2014 Pending West Coast Dock Strike The current 6 year contract between the ILWU (Union) and PMA (Employers) expires 5:00pm PT on July 1st 2014. At the beginning of March, there was expressed cautious optimism about the West Coast contract negotiations by the chief negotiator Jim McKenna. From JOC article: McKenna said past experience demonstrates that if negotiations … [Read more...]
Exports: AES Compliance Report
Exports: AES Compliance Report From Global Reach: What is an AES Compliance Report? An AES Compliance Report gives you a snapshot of how your company performed in complying with the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) over the previous three months. What does it look like - check out the sample in this post. At the top of the AES Compliance Report it shows the date that … [Read more...]
Importing – Ways to Save Money
Importing - Ways to Save Money Part of a global strategy to become a competitive force in the marketplace is to lower prices and increase profit margins. Importing goods is certainly an option. Here are a few thoughts to save money on importing [from importexport.about.com] : Order it on the cheap. Shop around. You might be surprised at how manufacturers in countries … [Read more...]