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On December 29, 2021, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 85831, modifying the Section 301- China action, and extending product exclusions. The modifications to exclude additional products announced in 85 FR 85831 will apply as of January 1, 2021 until March 31, 2021. Certain product exclusion which were initially […]

On December 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a final rule in the Federal Register adopting the Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis (AIM) system regulations and establishing an AIM website. The AIM website consists of an online aluminum import license application platform and public AIM monitor. The license application system will be […]

U.S. trade preference programs such as the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) provide opportunities for many of the world’s poorest countries to use trade to grow their economies and climb out of poverty.   GSP is the largest and oldest U.S. trade preference program. Established by the Trade Act of 1974, GSP promotes economic development by […]

Among industry classification systems, Harmonized System (HS) Codes are commonly used throughout the export process for goods. The Harmonized System is a standardized numerical method of classifying traded products. It is used by customs authorities around the world to identify products when assessing duties and taxes and for gathering statistics.  The HS is administrated by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and is updated every five years. It […]

Shipping dangerous goods internationally by vessel is regulated through the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The IMO is a specialized agency of the United Nations. The IMO uses the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Regulations Code (IMDG Code) as the basis for international enforcement of dangerous goods transportation by vessel. These regulations are amended every two years […]

On March 29, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its affirmative finaldeterminations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations ofimports of aluminum extrusions from the People’s Republic of China (China). The merchandise covered by these investigations is certain aluminum extrusions which areshapes and forms produced via an extrusion process of aluminum alloys. […]