Short notes on CBP, UFLPA, AD/CVD, and tariff developments. Full reports are available in the Client Portal resource library.
Automated screening already operates through ATS and CBP's supply-chain analytics platform; "Detective Border" remains a prototype. The shift is from sampling to full screening, from single entries to pattern review, and from goods to the entities behind them, with retroactive review of past filings. Five self-check questions for importers.
Under FR Doc. 2026-16911 (91 FR 53627), CBP may void the IOR number of an importer whose filing information is inaccurate. Six data fields, including address, email, and POA, must belong to the IOR itself rather than a broker or third party. Includes a remediation checklist.
From July 24, additional duties of 10% / 12.5% apply to 60 economies, with China at 12.5% on top of existing Section 301 duties; the in-transit exemption closed on July 28. Annex I / II exemption lists and a four-step self-check.
How tariffs, AD/CVD, anti-circumvention, UFLPA, FEOC/PFE, the Section 301 capacity investigation, and Section 232 stack on a single shipment; final determinations for four Southeast Asian countries, preliminary determinations for Indonesia and Laos; IRS Notice 2026-15 and the MACR safe harbor.
In FY2025 CBP issued 27,479 insufficiency notices covering a $3.6 billion gap, with some importers' required bond amounts rising several-fold. Bond calculation, 5H / 9H hold triggers, and seven practical steps.
Send us the notice and the documents you have on file. We will tell you what CBP is asking for and what the response needs to include.