EU Air Cargo Security 2026: What Every Exporter and Freight Forwarder Must Know About the New Rules
EU Regulation 2025/920 became applicable from 1 September 2025 across every EU member state, introducing the most significant structural change to EU air cargo security in over a decade. The regulation introduced a new Established Business Relationship requirement that fundamentally changed the rules under which regulated agents can accept cargo as secure. It introduced new […]
Mexico Tariff Asian Goods 2026: What Every Importer Into Mexico Must Know
On 29 December 2025, Mexico published amendments to the General Import and Export Tax Law (Ley de los Impuestos Generales de Importación y de Exportación, LIGIE) in the Diario Oficial de la Federación. Effective 1 January 2026, the Mexico tariff on Asian goods 2026 raised MFN rates on 1,463 eight-digit tariff lines across 17 industrial […]
US Tariff Evasion Enforcement 2026: Why the Legitimate Importer Is Now at Risk
The US government lost an estimated USD 107 billion to tariff evasion in 2025, according to the Dow Jones Risk Journal. Goldman Sachs economists calculated that evasion of Section 301 tariffs alone may have caused duty collection losses of USD 110 to 130 billion since 2018. Those numbers are why the enforcement response has been […]
Amazon Supply Chain Services 2026: What ASCS Does, What It Cannot Do, and Why IOR Still Matters
On May 4, 2026, Amazon officially launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, sending UPS stock down 10% and FedEx tumbling 9% in a single trading session. Amazon Supply Chain Services, known as ASCS, opens Amazon’s entire logistics infrastructure to any business that wants to use it: ocean, air, rail, and trucking combined with warehousing, fulfilment, and […]
Strait of Hormuz Closure 2026: What It Means for Your Supply Chain and Shipping Routes
Current status This is a live, fast-moving situation, and it has moved through several phases since the crisis began. The short version of where things stand today: The strait closed, reopened, then effectively closed again. Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz to normal commercial traffic on 28 February 2026. A US-Iran ceasefire in early April […]
Section 232 Pharmaceutical Tariffs 2026: The Complete Guide for Importers Before September 29
Update, 28 July 2026: Two developments since this guide first published. First, Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security opened the onshoring-agreement application process on 13 May 2026, with initial applications due by 12 June 2026, so the reduced-rate pathways are now live rather than pending. Second, the 31 July 2026 effective date for the 17 […]
CPSC Mandatory eFiling July 2026: The Complete Importer’s Action Guide for July 8
CPSC mandatory eFiling July 2026 takes effect on July 8, exactly 63 days from today. On that date, every importer of regulated consumer products entering the United States must electronically file product certificate data through CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment at the time of entry. Not after. Not on request. At the time of entry. The […]
China Rare Earth Export Controls 2026: The 0.1% Rule Returns November 10
On October 9, 2025, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued MOFCOM Notice 61, among the most aggressive extraterritorial export control measures ever applied to a raw material. It mirrors the architecture of the US Foreign Direct Product Rule applied to advanced technology, but applies that architecture to rare earth content in physical goods for the first […]
USMCA 2026 Review: The US Declined to Renew, What the Annual Review Now Means for Importers
On 1 July 2026, the United States, Mexico, and Canada held the first mandatory joint review of the USMCA under Article 34.7, and the United States declined to renew the agreement for a further 16 years. This did not end the agreement. It triggered an annual review process: the USMCA remains fully in force through […]
IEEPA Tariff Refund CAPE Portal 2026: Step-by-Step Filing Guide for Importers
Update, 28 July 2026: The CAPE refund system has expanded well beyond its original launch. Phase 1 opened on 20 April 2026 for entries not yet finally liquidated. Phase 2 followed on 29 June, adding certain reconciliation-flagged entries. Phase 3, for finally liquidated entries, began rolling out in late July, but with a critical restriction: […]