by Rahul Goyal | Jun 12, 2019 | Import Compliance
On May 31, 2019, US President Donald Trump signed a Proclamation to Modify the List of Beneficiary Developing Countries Under the Trade Act of 1974 which terminates the designation of India as a beneficiary developing country, effective June 5, 2019. General notes...
by Rahul Goyal | Jun 1, 2019 | Import Compliance
Transpacific carriers start blanking sailings with tariff-hit US imports TRANSPACIFIC container carriers are beginning to cancel sailings for June as they prepare for decelerated growth of US imports from Asia due to tariffs and after eastbound spot rates to the West...
by Rahul Goyal | May 15, 2019 | Import Compliance
The office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is planning to modify in current section 301 investigation. USTR announced that it is proposing to implement new retaliatory tariffs on the remaining Chinese products that currently are unaffected by the...
by Bengt Reed Anderson | May 9, 2019 | Import Compliance
The USTR (US Trade Representative) has issued a press release on May 8 indicating that Tranche 3 Tariffs will increase to 25% May 10, 2019. The increase will affect goods based on two different date parameters. First, products that have been entered for consumption...
by Rahul Goyal | May 3, 2019 | Import Compliance
The US to halt all the ground operations for Indian Carriers. The United States is threatening India to halt all ground operations for Indian Airlines. U.S. officials reference that India does not allow U.S. Airlines to manage ground operations on Indian Airports....
by Rahul Goyal | Apr 26, 2019 | Air Freight Logistics
How the grounding of Jet Airways hit the air cargo industry in India. India’s major carrier, Jet Airways, grounded operations last week affecting the entire Indian air cargo market. BDG is expecting cargo air freight backlogs of out of India and increased...
by Rahul Goyal | Apr 22, 2019 | Training
BDG International Inc. is excited to announce, a morning workshop about Details of Exporting: International Commercial Terms and Export Product Classification on May 8th with Lisa Waller, VP, and co-owner of BDG International. Register Here No cost to participants....
by Rahul Goyal | Apr 17, 2019 | Ocean Logistics
Trans-Pacific Trade Contract Rates Increased by 20 percent. Freight rates for annual ocean carrier contracts increased 20% in the trans-Pacific trade in recent negotiations conducted by the largest US Importers. They are signing the contracts at about $2250 and $1250...
by Rahul Goyal | Apr 4, 2019 | Import Compliance
How to know if your product is duty-free or has reduced duties under the MTB Act of 2018? The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) ACT of 2018 was signed and approved into law on Sept 13th, 2018. The purpose of the law is to reduce or suspend duty rates for imports of...
by Rahul Goyal | Mar 19, 2019 | Import Compliance, USITC
How to determine Exemption Products from Section 301 Duty The USTR (United States Trade Representative) announced a list of exempted products from section 301 China tariff, list no. 3. List 3 has 984 individual products exempted for the tariff. The list includes 21...
