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All of the comments in this advisory are subject to change and based on our current interpretation. The President issued executive orders yesterday, April 2.
Section 321/de minimis goods from China/Hong Kong will be elmininated. All goods of China/Hong Kong which are shipped by any method other than the international postal network are ineligible for de minimus as of 12:01 am EDT May 5, 2025. Entries must be made using formal or informal entry.
Goods shipping via international postal methods from China/Hong Kong will be subject to duty rates equal to either:
- 30% of the value as of May 2, 2025; or
- $25 per item (from May 2- May 31, 2025); or
- $50 per item from June 2, 2025.
- These duties will be in lieu of most favored nation rates, IEEPA drug tariffs, and 301 tariffs.
Packages from Macau remain eligible for de minimis but there may be a recommendation to extend the prohibition to Macau within 90 days.
All other countries are exempt from this de minimis change until Commerce has established a system to collect the tariffs.
Additional updates will follow once they are available.
For April, we are highlighting Christopher Gottlob, CHB Supervisor in our Detroit, MI branch. Christohper has bachelor’s degree in supply chain management. Christopher started working at JAS in 2017 as an intern. In 2019, he moved into a brokerage position and found that he enjoyed doing customs entries more than moving freight. Christopher took and passed the Licensed Customs Broker exam in 2020 during Covid, which gave him plenty of time for studying. In 2022, Christopher became the CHB Supervisor in Detroit. Christopher has been able to follow the HTS GRIs and cross reference with CBP rulings to help clients find more appropriate HTS codes and in some cases, that has led to lower duties, saving his client on duties!
Christopher is married to his wife Megan, and they have a 2 year old daughter and are expecting their second in July. Christopher and his family have 2 cats, and a dog. He loves to go Detroit Lions games as a season ticket holder, golfing and enjoying his cabin in north Michigan with family and friends.
Christopher is another great example that People Make the Difference!
JAS Forwarding (USA) Inc. Compliance Project Manager, Scott Cassell in partnership with Sheryl Roberts, Director of Ocean Services, and Vivian Brunialti, Trade-Lane Director, presented at a client event in Miami, FL on March 27. Ocean trends from Asia to the US and LATAM were discussed along with all the tariffs in the news.
Pictured left to right, Scott Cassell, Vivian Brunialti, and Sheryl Roberts
A California based importer have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the Falce Claims Act. The importer evaded customs duties on imports from PRC. The importer faces paying $8.1 Million to settle the violations.
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