CBP has imposed interim measures on 10 companies cited for allegedly evading antidumping and countervailing duties when importing oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from China.
Joanna Marsh
Joanna Marsh, Assistant Editor, International Trade Today, joined Warren Communications News in 2024 after covering the supply chain from the transportation angle for a decade. At ITT, she covers U.S. import compliance and import regulations related to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and partnering governing agencies. She has covered the U.S. and Canadian freight railroads for FreightWaves, and she has also written about maritime transport trends, climate change, and AI and machine learning trends for publications such as Railway Age, Transport Topics, Breakbulk Magazine and the Freight Business Journal of North America. She also worked the U.S. coal markets beat for Argus Media. Follow Joanna at https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannafmarsh/
Seko Logistics will still pursue its lawsuit challenging CBP's suspension of the company from Type 86 filing and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, despite CBP's conditional reinstatement of the customs broker, according to a June 4 statement from the company. The Chicago-area customs broker and freight forwarder says CBP still hasn’t fully provided its reasons for Seko’s initial suspension.
Two models of upholstered wood chairs manufactured by Indianapolis-area furniture maker University Loft Co. qualify to be part of the U.S. government’s "Buy American" procurement program even though some of the chairs’ components were imported from China, CBP ruled recently.