Archive for Trade Regulations

Shipping internationally can be daunting due to the extensive document requirements. In many cases, forgetting one document could set you back in both […]

The possibility of international brand recognition and serving customers around the globe is exciting for most businesses. If you run a small business […]

If you’re used to working with domestic suppliers, the import process might feel like a whole different world. It certainly adds a lot […]

When high-performance outerwear manufacturer Helly Hansen set out to revamp its North American distribution system, the Norway-based company thought it made sense to […]

Successful logistics management depends on consistent innovation and leveraging available technology to continually improve operational efficiency. Today, the biggest emerging technology logistics professionals […]

In late 2017, a California-based shoe importer was fined $1.6 million by the U.S. Court of International Trade for what was deemed to […]

Since the creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994 — and its subsequent 2020 update to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement — trade between the United States and Canada has […]

As analysts and journalists still try to make sense of Target Corporation’s ill-fated attempt to expand to Canada, a common theme is that […]

The breaking point for this Pennsylvania-based musical instruments manufacturer came when shipments to its Canadian music store customers not only arrived late but […]

According to research conducted by Thompson-Reuters, only about 30 percent of U.S. businesses that export take full advantage of FTAs, and when asked […]

U.S. biodiesel producers reached an apparent breaking point in March 2017 when the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) Fair Trade Coalition filed a complaint […]

When Canada’s Office of the Auditor General released a 2017 report on customs procedures, it revealed that roughly 20 percent of shipments entering […]

When Canada’s Office of the Auditor General conducted an audit of 2015-16 duty payments, it found “that importers misclassified about 20 percent of goods coming […]

It’s no secret that consumers are in the driver seat when it comes to expectations for shipping costs and delivery times.  Consumers expect […]

When the U.S. Department of Commerce self-initiated anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of aluminum sheet from China, it brought […]