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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The DGCA said on Friday it was extending the suspension of scheduled international passenger flights in the country till July 31. It also added that some international services on selected routes may be permitted on a case to case basis. Modifying its June 26 circular...
The Government of India announced Unlock 2.0 till July 31, 2020, in containment zones on Tuesday, 30th June. 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...
