Labeling Children’s Products (Free Guide)

Labeling Children’s Products (Free Guide)

Children's products are required to meet special safety standards before they can be imported or sold in the U.S. Importers and manufacturers of these products must also comply with additional labeling requirements. For example, children's products with small parts, small balls, marbles, or latex balloons must be labeled as a choking hazard. Tracking labels are…

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G6 and P3 Carriers? Sounds Complicated.

G6 and P3 Carriers? Sounds Complicated.

Through the year there have been many announcements and articles in the maritime journals about the G6 or P3 carrier groups. What does this mean for future trade? We used to refer to vessel sharing agreements (VSA’s) by the names they were formed under. The Grand Alliance was organized by NYK Line, Hapag-Lloyd and Orient…

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C-TPAT Update

Portal 2.0 which was scheduled for roll out late summer of 2013 has been delayed with no estimated date of release. Testing by a number of C-TPAT partners has been postponed multiple times due to delays with network and hardware support. Portal 2.0 promises to be more user friendly and easier to navigate. - Beverley…

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New AES Requirements for Temporary Exports and Others Starting April 5

New AES Requirements for Temporary Exports and Others Starting April 5

Beginning April 5, 2014, exporters will need to comply with new AES reporting requirements. Some of these new requirements include: reporting temporary exports valued over $2,500 per Schedule B reporting license value and the type of ultimate consignee (direct consumer, government entity, reseller, or other/unknown) reporting of used self-propelled vehicles regardless of value or country…

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By Request: Incoterms Back on SLI Form

You spoke up and we listened. Last month we released a new version of our Shipper's Letter of Instructions (SLI) form. It included several new fields to meet the requirements of recent export control reforms. However, as many of our export clients pointed out, there was one thing missing from our new SLI—an Incoterms® field.…

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