The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, the International Air Transport Association and three other trade groups have asked House and Senate leaders to compel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to delay the implementation of a rule that would affect the importation of dogs into the U.S.
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/
CBP affirmed an earlier ruling that hand sanitizer dispensing stations manufactured in China should be classified for tariff purposes as “other furniture” instead of parts of mechanical appliances suited for projecting liquids, according to an agency decision rendered April 26.
The EPA and North Kingstown, Rhode Island-based Ocean State Jobbers have settled over allegations that the company, operating as Ocean State Job Lot, violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by misbranding bug zapper pesticide devices.
Houston's sea ports and airports are asking shippers that use the region to be patient as it recovers from Hurricane Beryl, according to a July 12 email sent by the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America to its members.
Certain Lexmark printers no longer are subject to antidumping or countervailing duties on printers from China after the company changed its production process and proved the printers are substantially transformed in Mexico, CBP said in a recent ruling.
The president of a quartz surface products (QSP) distributor named in CBP’s investigation into whether four U.S. importers evaded antidumping and countervailing duties defended his company from any alleged wrongdoing.
CBP is taking action against US Atlanta International, Global Source & Supply, Cosmos Granite (East) Marble and Cosmos Granite (West) over allegedly evading antidumping and countervailing duties on quartz surface products (QSP) from China.
One of the biggest issues that EPA inspectors face when overseeing vehicles and motorized engine imports is coming across vehicles that are not compliant with emissions standards and may have emissions controls missing, an EPA enforcement inspector said during a presentation last week held jointly by EPA and NCBFAA.
CBP rejected children’s product manufacturer Summer Infant’s claims that its Learn-to-Sit booster seats should be classified as traditional booster seats. As a result, the Learn-to-Sit booster seats are subject to Section 301 duties, according to a recent ruling released by CBP June 14.
Industry stakeholders will be watching whether new CBP amendments aimed at ensuring that U.S. imports follow copyright laws will be effective enough, according to a Houston attorney specializing in trademark and copyright litigation.