by Rahul Goyal | Oct 23, 2020 | Export Compliance
Customs clearance delays continue to weaken the Indian industry as they have extended from the earlier 15-20 days to 25-30 days, and in some cases, clearance is taking over a month, sources told. The industry and customs brokers are noticing the poor rollout of... 
by Rahul Goyal | Oct 5, 2020 | Import Compliance
The pandemic has affected the health of the world population and has impacted the global economy in many ways. Here, we will talk about the export and import situation post lockdown in India. The world is currently facing a shortage of containers due to lockdowns and... 
by Rahul Goyal | Oct 1, 2020 | COVID-19
The Government of India announced Unlock 5.0 till October 31, 2020, outside the containment zones on Wednesday, 30th September. The Ministry of Home Affairs, India issued new guidelines to re-open more activities in a graded manner, in areas outside the containment... 
by Rahul Goyal | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Possible Court Challenge to Section 301 Duties A coalition of importers has just filed a Court challenge to the USTR’s imposition of Section 301 duties on certain imports from China under lists 3 and 4. These duties were imposed as part of a process purportedly... 
by Rahul Goyal | Sep 1, 2020 | Trade News
For the first time in almost 50 years, the United Kingdom (UK) has issued its own tariff regime. The new UK Global Tariff (UKGT) will be effective from January 1, 2021, and is set to replace the European Union’s Common Customs Tariff (EU CCT), which continues to apply... 
by Rahul Goyal | Aug 30, 2020 | COVID-19
The Government of India announced Unlock 4.0 till September 30, 2020, outside the containment zones on Saturday, 29th August. The Ministry of Home Affairs, India issued new guidelines to re-open more activities in a graded manner, in areas outside the containment... 
by Rahul Goyal | Aug 25, 2020 | Trade News
On August 21, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2007 containing 416 ABI records and 77 harmonized tariff records. This update includes modifications to support the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) July... 
by Rahul Goyal | Aug 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
President Trump recently signed an executive order suspending the previous Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992. The act provided that products manufactured and imported from Hong Kong could be marked to indicate “Hong Kong” as their country of origin. Products... 
by Rahul Goyal | Aug 4, 2020 | Trade News
Last week, the Americans for Free Trade (of which NCBFAA is a member) sent a letter to Representatives Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Collin Peterson (D-MN) expressing strong support for their bipartisan legislation, H.R. 7665, to extend current product exclusions from... 
by Rahul Goyal | Jul 30, 2020 | COVID-19
The Government of India announced Unlock 3.0 till August 31, 2020, in containment zones on Wednesday, 29th July. The Ministry of Home Affairs, India issued new guidelines to re-open more activities in a calibrated manner, in areas outside the containment zones and...
