Trade intelligence for the shipment before it moves.
A weekly operator brief for importers/exporters + brokers who need to know what changed, who is exposed, and what to do next.
Latest Issues
Operational briefings built for scanning: issue, date, exposure, and next action.
Canada entries now need two clocks and a product-level control
A revised Canadian duty scope begins September 15, followed by import bans on listed products September 29.
CBP wants the supply chain behind the entry
A new CBP consultation targets foreign export records and supplier identity. Map the evidence now, while keeping September 18 importer-data enforcement on a separate clock.
Rail export manifests are becoming a pre-departure data control
CBP's new ACE electronic export manifest rule gives rail exporters and carriers a year to move from paper and email workflows to bonded, time-boxed data transmission.
CBP is turning importer identity data into an entry control
Starting September 18, inaccurate CBP Form 5106 data can void an importer number immediately, making customer master data, POAs, and broker onboarding a live clearance risk.
For Canada lanes, the only date that matters now is the entry date
First-ever Section 338 duties put an additional 50% on listed Canadian goods from August 19 — no USMCA shield, no in-transit exception, and storage workarounds that mostly fail.
Your duty stack changed before most teams could reprice it
New Section 301 tariffs now reach most imports from 60 economies, with country rules, product exclusions, transit timing, and duty stacking to resolve.
Section 122 reaches the expiration week
The temporary import surcharge reaches its July 24 clock, putting entry timing, landed-cost assumptions, de minimis lanes, and replacement-tariff risk on one review list.
Entry corrections are getting a payment gate
Entry corrections now have a payment-control problem: ACH setup, full-payment gates, and cleaner entry data before the next fix.
Low-value trade is losing its easy lane
Low-value trade is becoming a normal customs-control workflow: more data, more duty logic, more lane decisions before arrival.
De minimis is now an entry-data problem
CBP split the low-value import transition by channel: non-postal is effective now, postal deadlines run July 24, September 22, and October 22.
This Week's Board
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