Industry Updates
Regulatory updates from customs authorities.
Tariff updates week of Jan 26th
Tariff updates in progress: KoreaAustralia ( no HS changes, just duty rates )Vietnam ( FTA rate update )Japan 2021 ( import/export/NACCS version, working in that order ) This needed to be redone. Should be this week.Jordan ( left over from 2020...
Tariff Update Blog, Jan 18th
Tariff updates in progress: Turkey. This is taking longer than hoped, TR Customs only published a poorly formatted PDF instead of the data files they often create which has caused a delay in processing.KoreaAustralia ( no HS changes, just duty rates )Vietnam...
Tariff updates week of Jan 11th
Tariff updates in progress: US Rev 2 for 2021 ( Sec 301 updates only )TurkeyThailandKoreaAustralia ( no HS changes, just duty rates )Vietnam ( FTA rate update )Japan 2021 ( import/export/NACCS version, working in that order )Russian Federation countries.Jordan (...
Status/Progress report on 2021 Tariff updates
2021 Done and published. CountryEU EU – Export DE DE – Export CA HKNOMXNZAU-ExportUS-ScheduleBUSBRGBCN – Jan 6th In process: CH - Switzerland TR - Turkey TH - Thailand ZA – South Africa TW - Taiwan AU – Australia ( no HS changes,...
Tariff/Country Updates for 2021
Tariff/Country Updates for 2021: ISOCountryStatusNoteUSUnited StatespendingTypically we won't see new information until the very last days of DecemberMXMexicopending/in processMX is moving to 10 digits. The new tariff is published and available. Effective...
MX2020 Change Information
The change represents a major shift in the tariff of Mexico. First there will be a shift from the current 2012 nomenclature to the 2017 nomenclature at the 8 digit level. ( in MX’s view, they call this “2020” ) Secondly, they are also adding 2 digits on top of...
Preliminary EU data for 2021
Preliminary EU data for 2021 is available. This usually changes again before Jan 1. Final version will be available as close to Jan 1 as possible. Entire tariff [here]. Correlation tables [here].
GB HS codes post Brexit
Many of our clients are wondering about the GB HS codes post Brexit. On this matter, we received a communication today from the UK Global Tariff team that confirms that GB will follow the EU tariff up to and into January of 2021. So the correlations provided for the...
UK/Brexit HS Codes and Classification Correction
Our understanding of how Brexit is going to play out has changed with regards to the HS codes and classification. We thought GB had posted a new tariff with a substantially different HS code structure. This was a mistake, as it seems that the HS codes and...
GT Country Management – GT-Country-Update #12724 (In Progress) US – MPF tax changes (effective October 1st, 2020)
US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has increased the minimum and maximum Merchandise Processing Fees (MPF). The new fees will become effective on October 1, 2020. The ad valorem rate of 0.3464 percent remains the same. The new FY2021 MPF rates are: Minimum...