by Rahul Goyal | Jun 23, 2020 | Import Compliance
On June 1, 2020, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an updated version of its “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program” guidance. This is another reminder of the DOJ’s heightened focus regarding evaluating compliance programs...
by Rahul Goyal | Jun 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
The NAFTA C of O will no longer be used for USMCA shipments. The USMCA does not require a specific certificate of origin form. Rather, it requires nine specific data elements, which can be presented in any format, similar to other more modern trade agreements that...
by Rahul Goyal | Jun 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Indian govt. announced lockdown 5.0 till June 30 in containment zones on Saturday, 30th May. The Ministry of Home Affairs, India issued fresh guidelines for re-opening of all activities outside containment zones in a phased manner. According to the new advisory, all...
by Rahul Goyal | May 18, 2020 | International News
USDA has extended electronic copies of veterinary certificates and phytosanitary certificates due to COVID-19 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has extended its guidance for the electronic submission...
by Rahul Goyal | May 18, 2020 | International News
India is in lockdown since 24th March 2020. Indian govt has extended the lock-down two times earlier. The nationwide Lockdown in India was extended from 14th April 2020 till 3rd May 2020. The Government of India further extended the lockdown till 17th May 2020,...
by Rahul Goyal | May 15, 2020 | Air Freight Logistics
The air cargo industry is facing challenges on a scale unparalleled to any other time. Air cargo from China continues to surge to meet demands for PPE, creating extremely high rates. Air carriers are pushing to add capacity to meet the spiking demand for these...
by Rahul Goyal | May 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) announced a new initiative titled “Strengthening American Competitiveness” that intends to focus on how EXIM can support “Made in the U.S.A.” exports-and the U.S. jobs that make them...
by Rahul Goyal | Apr 20, 2020 | International Trade
In a statement published on April 17, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced “high-level representatives from the USTR and Brazil’s Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy, and Agriculture discussed the implementation of an ambitious...
by Rahul Goyal | Apr 17, 2020 | Import Compliance
Indian Govt has extended Lockdown till 3rd May 2020. Based on the success of control mechanisms of lockdown, conditional withdrawal expected from 20th April 2020 The entire country has been marked with different containment zones basis reporting of COVID-19...
by Rahul Goyal | Apr 16, 2020 | Import Compliance
Indian Govt has extended till 3rd May 2020. The lockdown is extended for 19 days in addition to 21 days existing lockdown from 24th March 2020. Govt also said that they will see the success of controlled mechanism and then apply the condition withdrawal of lockdown....
