As a customer broker holding a national permit, Sobel Network Shipping can clear arriving cargo at any port of entry in the United States. The port of entry – for Customs’ purposes – is the port where the entrance is submitted and released. This can be either the port where the vessel arrives – New […]
Empresa com 25 anos de mercado se une à Sobel visando fortalecer e aumentar as exportações Nova York – A Sobel Network Shipping Co., Inc., empresa que atua no ramo de importação e exportação com sede em Nova York e com filiais em Miami, Orlando e Chicago, acaba de adquirir a Sunshine Services International, Inc. […]
While Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the most visible and well-known enforcement presence for imported goods, they work in tandem with multiple regulatory agencies. Those agencies are called “Participating Government Agencies,” or PGA for short. When Sobel transmits information about an arriving shipment on behalf of an importer, we are providing not just the […]
We talked two weeks ago about forced labor as a priority trade issue for Customs and how the agency is stepping up enforcement and issuance of Withhold Release Orders. While most attention has been focused on China and the Xinjiang region’s efforts, the agency last week took action against one of the largest such companies. In July 2020, […]
A week ago Monday, nobody outside of cargo owners and logistics professionals who knew the name “Ever Given” had the slightest clue that TEU means “Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit” and likely couldn’t find the Suez Canal on a map. But last Tuesday, the grounding of the 20,000 TEU ship captured the world’s attention, drove up oil […]
Desde 2015, quando foi aprovado o Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (TFTEA), as agências governamentais americanas passaram a dar mais atenção a diversas questões ligadas ao comércio internacional. O combate ao trabalho forçado (Forced labor) passou a ser uma das prioridades pelo U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Tanto na administração anterior quanto agora, […]
In 2015, the passage of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (TFTEA) brought a renewed interest and focused by Customs and other government agencies on many issues. Forced labor was a key area the agency cited that would receive greater attention, and since passage, the agency has taken several significant steps in this area. In both the previous […]
The shipping and supply of food and beverage is a complicated process that involves a lot of moving pieces and changing variables. Companies that are looking to improve the shipping and logistics processes of their food and beverage products should consider outsourcing their operations to a third-party logistics provider (3PL). Finding the perfect requires a […]
For logistics managers and supply chain officers responsible for their company’s overall transportation spend, 2020 and 2021 have proven to be difficult to highly impossible. Whether port congestion, astronomical rates, or lack of equipment, the ability to move cargo at forecast landed costs has evaporated. Added to these costs are additional duties for trade remedy […]
The escalating game of tit-for-tat over the issue of subsidies to Boeing and, Airbus which was adjudicated before the World Trade Organization, has seen a significant decrease in temperature than the U.S.’s steps. Most recently, with both the European Union and the United Kingdom last week. The United States Trade Representative first announced a four-month suspension […]
