FDA import detention food importer bringing in a container of packaged snacks through the Port of Long Beach got a call from her broker on a Wednesday afternoon: FDA had detained the shipment. She assumed, reasonably, that something was wrong with the product. Nothing was. FDA had flagged the entry based on a prior shipment […]
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An apparel importer we picked up last spring had been paying full Section 301 duty on a line of packaging components for two years after those components qualified for an exclusion the entire time. Nobody caught it because nobody was checking. The broker filing the entries wasn’t wrong on classification. She just wasn’t cross-referencing HTS […]
A client running a cosmetics brand out of Torrance ships mascara tubes from a contract manufacturer in Shenzhen, forty to sixty cartons a week, each valued under $800. For two years her freight forwarder cleared everything as a standard Section 321 shipment with almost no paperwork. Then one week, three pallets sat at LAX for […]
CBP won’t release your cargo without a bond on file, and the amount isn’t something you get to guess at. There’s a formula, and getting it wrong in either direction costs you: too low, and CBP rejects the entry or demands a bond increase mid-shipment; too high, and you’re paying premium on coverage you don’t […]
A CF-29 lands in your inbox looking like a form, but it’s really a proposal from CBP to change how one of your entries was treated, and it comes with a clock attached. Ignore it or respond badly, and the proposed change becomes final. Respond correctly, and you can often keep your original classification, valuation, […]
Your container clears the vessel, sits at the terminal, and then the status in ACE changes overnight. No phone call. No explanation. Just a hold. If you’ve imported through the Port of Los Angeles or Long Beach more than a handful of times, this has probably already happened to you, and it will happen again. […]
IEEPA tariff refund process – Regulatory Blueprint · Trade Execution How to Get Your IEEPA Tariff Refund: The Definitive Step-by-Step CAPE Portal Filing Guide Managing global corporate capital demands absolute precision when recovering systemic trade overpayments. Following landmark federal litigation that determined massive secondary customs assessments under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were unlawfully […]
What are IEEPA tariffs · Small Business Guide Understanding Emergency Trade Remedies and Duty Recovery Channels The operational framework governing international trade requires small business owners to maintain sharp oversight regarding import liabilities. Emergency import controls authorized under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) allow executive actions to impose secondary baseline border assessments during […]