by Bengt Reed Anderson | Apr 9, 2018 | Import Compliance
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a proposed tariff list on Chinese products that may be subject to additional tariffs following its Section 301 Investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer,...
by Bengt Reed Anderson | Mar 26, 2018 | Export Compliance, Import Compliance
HTS & Commodity Classification Basics + ACE The Harmonized Systems Process comprises about 5,000 commodity groups arranged in a legal and logical structure and is supported by well-defined rules to achieve uniform classification. The HTS & Commodity...
by Bengt Reed Anderson | Feb 26, 2018 | Domestic Logistics, Trucking
BDG continues to see unprecedented constrained container drayage capacity issues. The trucking industry including LTL, FTL and Drayage is undergoing some restructuring due to changes in the marketplace driven by increased regulation, and lack of drivers and equipment....
by Bengt Reed Anderson | Feb 4, 2018 | Domestic Logistics, Trucking
Recent changes in the USA trucking industry have created a significant amount of challenges and a crisis situation for domestic trucking in the USA. BDG International is working closely with our trucking partners to navigate the trucking challenges and provide the...
by Bengt Reed Anderson | Jan 3, 2018 | Export Compliance, Import Compliance
The Schedule B and HTS Numbers Updated for 2018 are now available for download The Schedule B, Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), and HTS Codes That Are Not Valid for AES tables have been updated to reflect the changes to the 2018 codes effective January 1st, 2018. ...
by Bengt Reed Anderson | Dec 1, 2017 | Export Compliance
The 59th edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations incorporates all amendments made by the IATA Dangerous Goods Board and includes addenda issued by ICAO to the 2017–2018 edition of the Technical Instructions. The significant changes to the 2018 IATA Dangerous...
by Bengt Reed Anderson | Nov 28, 2017 | Import Compliance
On November 1, 2017, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in a Federal Register notice that certain CBP user fees would increase for fiscal year 2018, including the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF). The adjustments calculated in the various fees are...
by Bengt Reed Anderson | Nov 7, 2017 | Export Compliance
When exporting Dangerous Goods the most common error we see from shippers who frequently export dangerous goods is not properly expressing the DG Emergency Response Number. Government regulations CFR49 172.604 require that a 24 hour response number be provided to the...
by Bengt Reed Anderson | Oct 30, 2017 | Ocean Logistics
Ocean Import FCL Rate Outlook for the remainder of 2017 through early 2018. 1) Nov 1st GRI/PSS We have seen that October did not have any increase, and ocean import FCL rates were extended to end of October. This is normal in the month of October after the China...
by Bengt Reed Anderson | Oct 19, 2017 | Import Transportation
There were no increases on Eastbound to USA cargo in October. At this time China USA FCL Forecast for November will be a soft market and in our opinion zero to low chance of rates increasing on November 1st . There is a possibility of an increase around mid November...
