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18
Sep
3rd List of Tariff to Take Effect On Sep 24th 2018 at 10%
List 3: Finalized Tariff list to Take Effect On Sep 24th 2018 at 10% Starting January 1, 2019, the level of the additional tariffs will increase to 25 percent USTR Finalizes Tariffs on $200 Billion of Chinese Imports in…
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18
Sep
2nd List of Tariffs on Chinese Products in Response to China’s Unfair Trade Practices
USTR Finalizes Second Tranche of Tariffs on Chinese Products in Response to China’s Unfair Trade Practices Second Tranche HTS Subheading Product Description 2710.19.30 Lubricating oils, w/or w/o additives, fr. petro oils and bitumin minerals (o/than crude) or preps. 70%+ by…
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02
Apr
US ports, freight network get federal funding boost
<News Source: JOC.com> Amid a renewed focus from the Trump administration to pass an infrastructure bill, there are encouraging signs elsewhere that Congress will increase spending on the nation’s freight network. Congress tripled the amount going to a popular grant…
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30
Mar
Section 301, List1. New tariffs on aluminum and steel
Aluminum Commodity Classification unwrought aluminum 7601 aluminum bars, rods, and profiles 7604 aluminum wire 7605 aluminum plate, sheet, strip, and foil (flat rolled products) 7606 and 7607 aluminum tubes and pipes and tube and pipe fitting 7608 and 7609…
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22
Mar
Japanese shipper K Line, MOL, NYK to merged as ONE
News Source: American Shipper Japan’s “Big 3” ocean carriers are scheduled to set sail as a single joint venture shipping company in April, dubbed the Ocean Network Express. The container shipping landscape, which has seen its share of changes in…
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22
Mar
March 2018 Trump Tariff on Imports from China
Solar panels, 4 years of quota limit, started from 2/7/2018: Annual quota sets: an annual aggregate quantity of 2.5 gigawatts, Additional duty applied after quota is met: In addition to those applicable under subheading 8541.40.60: If entered during the period…
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22
Mar
YMM, OOCL and ONE to launch joint intra-Asia loop
The new loop will link South China and Japan with Southeast Asia, utilizing four vessels averaging 4,754 TEUs. News Source: American Shipper Yang Ming, OOCL and ONE in April will launch a new joint intra-Asia service connecting South China and…
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31
Aug
Hanjin shipping talks bankruptcy
Source: www.joc.com The bankruptcy and apparent unraveling of Hanjin Shipping on Wednesday — the world’s seventh-largest container line — following the withdrawal of support from its creditors after a lengthy period of financial distress, will cause an immediate upward adjustment in US import rates and…
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02
Aug
Ocean Alliance plans to Deploy largest ship seen at US Port
Source: www.joc.com The 18,000-TEU CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, pictured in San Francisco Bay during a call to the Port of Oakland in February, could be one of the mega-ships the Ocean Alliance plans to deploy to the U.S. West Coast.…
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14
Jul
Longer turn times at Long Beach Ports cost shippers
Source: www.joc.com The average visit to the Long Beach Container Terminal, the gates of which are pictured, took 69 minutes in June. Credit: AJ Edmond Truck lines in Los Angeles-Long Beach got slightly longer in June, much to the chagrin…
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