customs

This is a guest post by Jake Rheude. The final days of 2020 ended with some of China's highest container rates in recent memory coupled with port congestion, space demands, and other metrics [...]

This blog is the publishing of a letter from Universal Cargo's house customs broker concerning the duty deferment for importers whose businesses are suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. It [...]

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday, April 17th that includes a 90-day duty deferment on goods imported in March and April because of the COVID-19 crisis the country, along with [...]

This is a guest post by Mary Walton Marijuana products have long been used for medical treatments. But marijuana is not legal in all countries, whereas some states made it legal. Because of [...]

Before 2020 hits, let's take a look back at 2019. What happened in international shipping this year didn't happen in a bubble. Just like events of years past affected this year, the things [...]

Last week, one of our partners in Vietnam emailed Universal Cargo about the country's customs significantly increasing inspection "ratio on all cargo bound to the states." The change in procedure [...]

Last week, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued more tariff exclusions on Chinese goods. Section 301 tariffs have obviously had a big impact on U.S. shippers who import from China. And [...]

This is a guest post by Jamie Costello. The UK is relatively small, yet it’s one of the globe's most influential and important regions to world trade and economy. This encouraged a major [...]

This is a guest post by Ummul Fidha. Risk Management Picture — Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images Businesses involved in international trade have to deal not just with risks [...]

There's good news for U.S. retailers and shippers who import from China, and probably U.S. consumers too, as they prepare for the 2019 holiday season. Many, many items from list 4 of the Section [...]

We finally have official exclusions from President Trump's tariff hikes on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. Find out below if the goods you import from China can be [...]

The world of Customs bonds can be extremely mystifying to the uninitiated. Nothing about

U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) suspended MSC's Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) certification after a historic drug bust was made on a ship of the world's second [...]

The U.S.-China trade war, with President Trump's implementation of tariff increases to 25% on Chinese products, has significantly impacted the customs clearance process, obviously. The increased [...]

Don't like the tariff hikes on imports from China? Do these tariffs hurt your business? Here comes your chance to be heard by the Office of the United States Trade Representative on the [...]

For a while now, optimism has been high that the U.S.-China trade talks have been going well and the tariffs increase on $200 billion worth of Chinese products that was originally scheduled for [...]

The share of shipments in the international shipping industry going to freight forwarders and Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers (NVOCC) is increasing.

Furthermore, it is not just [...]

In this blog we'll answer a frequently asked question (FAQ) dealing with Incoterms. Specifically, which Incoterm is the best to use when importing from China. As a bonus, we'll also tell you the [...]

Two executives of a Florida-based furniture company face federal charges for allegedly evading antidumping duties on imports from China. They were indicted earlier this month.

Their [...]

This is a guest post from Alexandra Reay.

Note from the editor: Universal Cargo has many great clients in the furniture industry, which is why we're at the High Point market every [...]