What CBP Reconciliation Means for Your IEEPA Refund If your entries are flagged for reconciliation, you’re in a better spot than most importers chasing IEEPA refunds. Those entries haven’t finally liquidated yet. Right now, that’s the whole game. Here’s why. What reconciliation actually is Reconciliation is CBP’s pressure valve for a basic fact of trade: […]
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What Is a Reconciliation Entry? Short version: a reconciliation entry is an entry you file with CBP when you don’t yet know all the final numbers, with a built-in promise to come back and true them up later. That’s it. The rest is detail, but the detail matters, so stick with me. Why reconciliation exists
What Is a Reconciliation Entry? A Guide for Importers Read Post »
Learn what freight forwarding services include, when to use ocean, air, ground, customs and cargo insurance, and how Simple Forwarding helps.
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The April 2 proclamation pulled hundreds of HTS codes out of Section 232 scope entirely. Bicycles and e-bikes are out. Filled food and beverage cans are largely out. Empty metal containers are still in. And the formal petition process that let industries fight these decisions is gone.
CBP no longer accepts the metal content value as the basis for Section 232 duties. Starting April 6, the tariff applies to the full entered value of your product. For derivative products the rate dropped to 25% — but for most importers the total duty bill went up, not down.
Section 232 changes and how it affects you – importer Read Post »
DDP Shipping: What It Is, How the Price Works, and What Happens When It Goes Wrong DDP — Delivered Duty Paid — is a shipping arrangement where the seller covers everything: freight, customs clearance, duties, and delivery to your door. When a supplier quotes DDP cheaper than standard freight plus duties, they are almost certainly
A lot of importers are getting offered DDP at prices that don’t add up. Before you say yes, understand what’s actually going on behind that number
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The Court of International Trade ordered CBP to process IEEPA tariff refunds for all importers in Atmus Filtration, Inc. v. United States (March 4, 2026). Here is what importers need to know.
IEEPA Tariff Refunds: Frequently Asked Questions Read Post »
Most Amazon sellers wait until they’ve picked their winners before shipping to Canada. That’s the wrong move. The right strategy is to ship limited quantities of every SKU, let Canadian sales velocity tell you what has traction, then scale. This guide walks you through the full three-phase logistics playbook — from your first test pallet to a direct China-to-Canada container program — including fulfillment center targeting, shipping mode decisions, and everything Canadian customs requires on day one.
How Do You Expand Your Amazon Store to Canada? A Complete Shipping and Customs Playbook Read Post »
CBP is building the IEEPA tariff refund system right now, with a target completion date around late April 2026. The refund mechanism runs through ACE. Out of more than 330,000 importers who paid IEEPA tariffs, only approximately 21,000 are currently enrolled. If you are not in that group, there is no backup path — no alternative payment method, no exception. This post walks you through the three-step enrollment process, the most common failure points to avoid, and why waiting is the one thing you cannot afford to do right now.`
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