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Issue 006 visual Issue 006 August 4, 2026

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.

Issue 005 visual Issue 005 July 28, 2026

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.

Issue 004 visual Issue 004 July 21, 2026

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.

Issue 003 visual Issue 003 July 14, 2026

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.

Issue 002 visual Issue 002 July 7, 2026

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.

Issue 001 visual Issue 001 June 30, 2026

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.