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What Is Truck Emanifest A Complete Guide For Us Canada Cross Border Carriers 1

What Is Truck eManifest?
A Complete Guide for US-Canada Cross-Border Carriers

The filing happens before the truck moves, not when it reaches the booth. Here is what CBP and CBSA actually require, how early, and what it costs you to get it wrong. An eManifest is an electronic pre-arrival filing that gives CBP or CBSA cargo, conveyance, crew, and shipment details before freight reaches the border. For US-Canada carriers, it is what lets customs assess risk early, cut manual paperwork, and

Entry Type 13 Is Live What The New Informal Mail Entry Means For Filers 1 2

Entry Type 13 Is Live: What the New Informal Mail Entry Means for Filers

CBP just opened an electronic pathway for international mail. Here is who can file it, what data it takes, and why the bond requirement is the part people will trip on. The Test Is Running, Not Coming CBP’s Entry Type 13 Test commenced on September 22, 2026. Not announced. Not coming. Running. The Federal Register notice published June 24, 2026 set the commencement date, and the test continues until CBP

The Cpsc Efiling Mandate Is Live What Trade Professionals Need To Know Now 1

The CPSC eFiling Mandate Is Live: What Trade Professionals Need to Know Now

The Deadline Is Behind You, Not Ahead of You On July 8, 2026, the CPSC eFiling mandate took effect. Not “will take effect.” Took effect. If you import CPSC-regulated consumer products, the way you certify them has changed already. Here is what that means in practice. Certificate of Compliance data now moves electronically, at the time of entry. Not on request. Not after the fact. At entry, every single time. This is not a paperwork tweak. It rewires

1the U.s. Cotton Fee Explained Part 2 Exemptions And How To File Them

The U.S. Cotton Fee, Explained (Part 2): Exemptions and How to File Them

Five legal ways to avoid or recover the cotton fee, how to transmit each through ABI and ACE, and what documentation you need to survive a CBP or AMS review. In Part 1 of this series, we covered what the U.S. cotton fee is, what Upland cotton means, and why HTS classification is what triggers collection at entry. This second post is the operational companion: exactly when you don’t have to pay, how to claim each

The U.s. Cotton Fee Explained Part 1 What It Is And Who Pays It 1

The U.S. Cotton Fee, Explained (Part 1): What It Is and Who Pays It

A small line item on your entry summary with outsized compliance implications. Here is what the cotton fee actually is, why it exists, and how U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) decides when to collect it. If you import textiles or apparel into the United States, you have almost certainly seen a “cotton fee” line on CBP Form 7501. It is usually small — a few dollars here, a few

Understanding Section 122 Tariffs In The U.s Impact And Key Differences 0

Understanding Section 122 Tariffs in the U.S: Impact, and Key Differences

Mention tariffs to a room full of supply chain directors or customs brokers, and you’ll probably hear the same handful of words: Section 301 duties on Chinese imports. Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum. Maybe anti-dumping or countervailing duties get a nod, too. These are the ones people talk about. They fill the news, drive quarterly earnings calls, and are what keep trade compliance teams up at night. But

Section 232 Steel Aluminum Tariffs Updated Exemptions And Procedure 1

Section 232 Steel & Aluminum Tariffs: Updated Exemptions and Procedures

In 2025, the U.S. government tightened the rules on steel and aluminum imports. New presidential proclamations imposed tariffs on these metals and certain products made from them. In simple terms, more goods now fall under Section 232 tariffs. This has made importing steel or aluminum into the U.S. more expensive and closely regulated. The Section 232 Steel & Aluminum Tariffs now focus less on exclusions and more on inclusion requests.

Fda Reporting For Low Value Food Cosmetics Shipments 1

FDA Reporting for Low-Value Food & Cosmetics Shipments

If you are an importer of low-value food and cosmetic shipments into the United States, you must read this blog. Effective August 29, 2025, the De Minimis exception, which has been in place by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for these products for 30 years, has ended. This means that every shipment, whether one with a few bars of chocolate or a single bottle of supplements, is no longer

Cbp User Fee Increases Type 11 Entry Updates Effective October 2025 1

CBP User Fee Increases & Type 11 Entry Updates (effective October 2025)

Come October 1, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will roll out new fee adjustments. For most importers, the changes are pretty straightforward. In short, CBP is raising user fees again. At the same time, updates to CBP’s ACE platform, and the halt of Section 321 de minimis shipments, are shaking up the way low-value imports move through the system. Shippers using Type 11 entries for informal filings on