On May 15, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) published an FAQ stating that the “in-transit” exception for the reciprocal tariff duty rate does not apply to goods loaded onto a “feeder” vessel prior to April 5 (the IEEPA cutoff date under HTSUS 9903.01.28) or April 9 (the IEEPA cutoff date under HTSUS 9903.01.43
As previously reported, on February 10, 2025, President Trump issued Proclamations 10895 and 10896, making significant changes to the existing measures imposed on imports of aluminum and steel on national security grounds pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Among other changes, the Proclamations added to the list of so-called “derivative”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on January 13, 2025, regarding an update to the rules governing de minimis shipments. The public can make comments on the proposed rule until March 17, 2025.
CBP states three reasons for updating the de minimis rule. First, individuals and entities are taking
In Husch Blackwell’s November 2024 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
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Effective April 17, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) has amended its regulations implementing the Enforce and Protect Act of 2015 (“EAPA”), a statute granting increased authority to investigate allegations of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty (“AD/CVD”) orders. The amendments were issued in a final rule of March 18, 2024, and they are
In Husch Blackwell’s March 2024 Trade Law Update you’ll learn
about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
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In Husch Blackwell’s July 2023 Trade Law Update you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:
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In an opinion issued on July 27, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) held that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) violated an importer’s due process rights by denying access to business confidential information relied on in making its final evasion determination under the Enforce and Protect Act of 2015 (“EAPA”). This decision marks a major victory for importers and foreign producers accused of transshipments and other forms of evasion, and it has significant implications for enforcement actions brought by CBP under EAPA and other statutory regimes, such as the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (“UFLPA”).
Some commercial truck traffic could be moving again at one border bridge as late this afternoon. On April 14, 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced an agreement with Nuevo León Governor Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda for heightened inspections on Mexico’s side of the border at the Columbia bridge and the lifting of increased security measures