President Trump has gone ahead and ordered the imposition of 25% duties on various products that are made in China. List #1 President Trump originally made his announcement of his intent to impose duties back on May 29, 2018. The original list of products to be subject to the duties was published by the USTR on April 6, 2018 and…
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is set to expire on December 31, 2017. Importers who have enjoyed lower duty or duty free status for products under GSP need to prepare themselves. This is not the first time that Congress has failed to reauthorize GSP at expiration. Assuming we do not see any quick action by…
This is a reminder for all food manufacturers and importers that it is time to renew your FDA Food Facility Registration. FDA shifted to a biennial registration policy back in 2014. Food importers are required to renew their food facility registrations on a biennial basis following FDA’s calendar. The biennial renewal period opened on October 1st…
October 29, 2020 This is an important message for all food importers. The FDA Food Facility renewal for 2021-2022 is now active. All food importers and foreign food manufacturers must renew their registrations by December 31, 2020. Here is the link to the FDA registration of Food Facilities website. There is one, very important, NEW…
