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 […]
Bestway Intl / Hellmann Worldwide Logistics COVID-19 update
March 18, 2020 Dear valued clients and partners, We are sure that you are following the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic as closely as we are. The current events are very concerning, and so we continue to make every effort to protect the health of our employees, our customers, and our partners. We have imposed […]
Canadian COVID-19 New Border Restrictions Not Applicable to Trade
As of March 16, 2020, Canada has communicated an escalation of efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). These additional precautions by the Canadian Government include the closure of borders to non-Canadians / permanent residents of Canada. It is important to note that these restrictions will not apply to commerce or trade. Additionally, […]
Implications of Coronavirus
As the implications of the coronavirus continue to grow in complexity and effect, it is impacting production and trade in China significantly. Ocean carriers have increased their cancelled sailings from China to worldwide destinations. Such announcements are raising concerns of impending equipment shortage in overseas markets. For example, equipment shortages are expected in the USA, […]
All Section 301 duties from China to see 5% increase – the earliest to begin September 1st.
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 UPDATE – Sept 1st list “entered or withdrawn” by that date.
President Trump announces 10% duty on remaining $300 billion of China exports.
Federal Register: Official Notice of Modification of Section 301 Tariffs
Last Friday, May 9th, was a day marked in trade history as the U.S. finally increased tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports to 25%. This 15% increase from the original 10%, which took effect in September 2018, has been a long time coming with supposed start dates of January 1st and March 2nd of […]
USTR Announces China Tariff Increase Effective Friday
On Wednesday, the USTR announced the 25% tariff increase on $200 billion worth of goods imported from China will in fact take effect this Friday. In addition, there will be a process whereby parties can request an exception for goods that are within a Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheading. President Trump tweeted about the increase […]
Breakfast & a BREXIT Briefing with Her Majesty’s Consul General for Chicago
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