Connor Attended NCBFAA 2025 Annual Conference
John S. Connor President, Butch Connor and VP of Compliance, Matt Kmet recently attended the NCBFAA 2025 Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The Conference brought together more than 600 international trade industry's top representatives of the nation's leading customs brokers, freight forwarders, NVOCCs, OTIs, and service providers to update themselves on industry developments. As the industry deals with the turbulence and [...]
Updated Guidance on Reciprocal Tariffs – April 10, 2025
This alert provides updated guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regarding import duties, effective as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on April 10, 2025. These changes include a significant increase in duties on goods from China and the suspension of previously implemented country-specific rates. Changes Effective April 10, 2025: 1. Increased Duties on Imports from China (including Hong [...]
New Increase of 125% on China Origin Goods
April 9, 2025, the National Customs Broker and Freight Forwarder Association of America (NCBFAA), released the following announcement from the White House, with regards to increased tariffs on China. President Trump that a 90-day pause and a "substantially lowered" of the reciprocal tariffs, effective immediately. "Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I [...]
Guidance- Canadian Energy and Energy Resources
On March 19, 2025, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) provided the following additional guidance on the additional duties imposed on [...]
U.S. Tariffs on Steel, Steel Derivative, Aluminum and Aluminum Derivative
On February 18, 2025, the anticipated Annex to the original Executive Order (EO) was published in the Federal Register, providing [...]