Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
News and insight from our international trade practice group
Potential Drawback Opportunity for Distilled Spirits
“Drawback” is U.S. Customs program that allows importers to get their duty payments refunded by Customs if they export the same or a similar product. There are lots of permutations and it’s quite a bit of “paperwork”…
Combating Evasion of Duties Front and Center
Last year, President Obama signed into law the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (“TFTEA”). Section 421 of the TFTEA (commonly called the Enforce and Protect Act, or EAPA), establishes procedures for…
It's Time To Comment on Miscellaneous Tariff Petitions
The American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 (“AMCA”) established a new process for the submission and evaluation of requests for temporary duty suspensions and reductions. Under the AMCA, petitions for duty…