Everglory News

19Aug, 2016

The WHO has declared the U.S. on their list of Zika-transmission countries. Because of this, China’s agency governing agency, the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has required all countries on its Zika-infected list comply with disinsection requirements. This policy dates back to March 5th, so it is not something that was imposed… Read more »

5Aug, 2016

Companies or individuals in the United States who make a commercial sale for export need to be aware that although the National Export Initiative has been working to streamline and simplify the process, there are still obligations they must meet. In the eyes of the government, the seller / exporter is known as the U.S…. Read more »

22Jul, 2016

One of the side effects of being in the logistics industry is that you look at certain things through a different set of eyes. When I go shopping, I look at country of origin markings. When I see foreign aircraft I usually know the flight number and where it’s coming from. Ocean containers are a whole different discussion… Read more »

8Jul, 2016

(Wooden bedroom furniture, pictured above, may be free of Customs duties but could carry antidumping duties of 100% or more.) When a company is working to establish the landed costs for a product they plan to import, they take a number of steps to ensure that their calculations are correct and they sell the product… Read more »

30Jun, 2016

Customs and Border Protection on June 17th announced a change to how they are handling ISF penalties and it gives individual ports the authority to take action directly for violation of the agency’s Importer Security Filing (ISF) requirements. The ISF (or ’10 + 2′) filing requirements mandates that an importer provide Customs with ten data… Read more »

20Jun, 2016

(Pictured above: the skyline of Hanoi, Vietnam) Vietnam is poised to become one of the stand-out success stories of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, with exports growing 11 percent, or $36 billion dollars over the first decade. With very low labor costs, the removal of import tariffs from the US and Japan, Vietnam also expects a 50%… Read more »

No matter how easy the National Export Initiative makes an international sale, exporters must be aware of several important rules and guidelines when selling goods to an overseas entity. We will look at some of the details of things like AES and routed export transactions in future columns, but today we want to focus on… Read more »

9May, 2016

I’ve personally been with Everglory since the beginning of this year, and the story we have to tell is a tremendous one. Ray and Joe, the founders, began Everglory in Boston at our now “old” office back in 2011. At the beginning of May, we moved into our new offices at 175 McClellan Highway. We’re… Read more »

29Apr, 2016

While Boston is the corporate headquarters of Everglory, we represent our clients across the United States with our two other branch offices located in Chicago and Los Angeles. We wanted to introduce you to those offices and their capabilities, as well as introduce you to their managers. Chicago Chicago, Everglory’s gateway office in the Midwest… Read more »

25Apr, 2016

Along with the deployment of their new ACE processing system, Customs has announced that all ten of their Centers of Excellence and Expertise are now fully operational and are processing entry summaries. Importers whose commodities fall into one of the ten industries managed by the CEE’s should expect to learn more about them and be… Read more »