Possible Resolution of Antidumping Duties on Mexican Tomatoes
Earlier this week the U.S. Commerce Department announced there is a new draft suspension agreement, which will avoid the need for antidumping duties (ADD). Their press release indicated that after a 30-day notice period, a final agreement could be signed on September...
Latest Information on List 4 Tariffs
Update 08/15/19The USTR has confirmed, as we expected, that the additional 10% will be applied based on entry date for both List 4A and 4B. Original Post 08/14/19On Tuesday, August 13th the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced additional details...
FDA Issues First Warning Letter for Failure to Comply with FSVP
FDA issued their first Warning Letter to an importer for not complying with the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) that was introduced 8 years ago with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). For this first Warning Letter, FDA selected a food importer that...
Coming Soon: FSVP Enforcement?
Last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took a critical step towards enforcement of FSVP by creating Import Alert 99-41, "Detention Without Physical Examination of Human and Animal Foods Imported from Foreign Suppliers by Importers Who Are Not in Compliance...
The Trade War with China is Back On: List 4 Tariffs to be Imposed September 1st
On Thursday, August 1st President Trump announced that on September 1, 2019, he will impose a 10% import tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods (which may potentially rise to 25% in the future). These goods, known commonly as List 4, will include most products...
Possible EU Tariff Product List Expanded
The Trump administration’s trade war with the European Union may be escalating. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced earlier this week that it is considering adding $4 billion worth of products to an existing list of $21 billion of goods that could be...
China – U.S. Trade Update: List 4 to be Delayed; FAQs for List 3 Exclusion
President Trump announced on Saturday that proposed new tariffs on Chinese imports (aka List 4 goods) will be delayed as trade talks resume. Proposed goods on List 4 were to include most products not already covered by previous tariffs. The U.S. Trade Representative...
Update on China Tariff Exclusion Process for List 3
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) just announced that applications for exclusion from Section 301 List 3 tariffs will be accepted starting at noon on June 30, 2019. The last day to submit exclusion applications will be September 30, 2019. Exclusions that are...
Imports from the US into China: An Update on these Tariffs
Much of the talk in the United States is about tariffs that are being imposed on Chinese imports by the U.S. government. However, the Chinese government has been busy with its own set of tariffs on U.S.-origin products. Over the past year, China has imposed tariffs on...
Trump Announces Potential New Country-wide Tariffs on Mexico
UPDATE: 06/08/19Yesterday evening President Trump called off the tariff on Mexican goods which had been slated to start on Monday, June 10. Original: 05/31/2018President Trump announced yesterday that in an effort to force Mexico to take action on immigration issues,...