Container imbalances require creative solutions
As blanked sailings increase, the container imbalance impacting ocean freight continues to grow. The outbreak of COVID-19 and subsequent stay-at-home orders crippled consumer demand for essential goods, leaving non-essential products lingering on shelves and in warehouses. This imbalance had eaten into the available warehouse capacity and doubled the turnaround time for inbound containers in both […]
CBP announces 90-day duty postponement for select importers, entries, in March and April
The White House issued an Executive Order on Sunday deferring the payment of certain duties, taxes and fees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their announcement left most of the details to CBP who in the evening published CSMS message number 42423171 entitled “COVID-19 – 90 Day Postponement of Payment for the Deposit of Certain Estimated Duties, […]
Kansas Global : COVID-19 roundup
We recently contributed to this roundup on COVID-19 and global trade by our friends and partners at Kansas Global Trade Services. It’s full of helpful insights and advice for companies on how to navigate global trade for a stronger recovery. Check it out: https://www.kansasglobal.org/covid-19-global-trade-roundup/
Hellmann Corona Crisis Global Operations Center
Our Partners at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics are managing a country-by-country Global Operations update site. Let’s talk about your lanes and how we can help. https://www.hellmann-journal.com/corona-crisis-global-operations
NEW: COVID-19 Information Page
April 2, 2020: Decision to defer duties rests with White House Reporting this week from Bloomberg and other outlets indicates that following CBP’s short-lived, ad hoc approach that allowed importers to email the agency and request relief for duty, the President has signaled that duty deferral is acceptable, but only for the column one Most […]
Bestway In Compliance with Stay-At-Home Order in Kansas City
March 21, 2020 Dear Valued Clients and Partners, I hope this finds you and your loved ones well and making the best of our unusual situation. A few hours ago, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas issued a “Stay at Home” Order, requiring Kansas Citians to stay at home except for “essential activities” as the community […]
USTR offers some September 1st China duty reprieve – bifurcates to “A” and “B” sub-lists. UPDATE – Sept 1st list “entered or withdrawn” by that date.
Hong Kong Airport demonstrations not impacting cargo operations.
President Trump announces 10% duty on remaining $300 billion of China exports.
The U.S. Fights Back: Additional Tariffs on $200 Billion of Chinese Imports
The USTR has just released breaking news that the United States will be increasing tariffs on an estimated $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. This action, directed by President Trump, is in response to China’s ongoing practices of unfair and non-reciprocal trade with the U.S. Effective September 24, 2018, these tariffs will be set at […]
