Tag: Customs Compliance


  • Duty Docket

    A holiday weekend burst of Special Import Measures Act activity at the border agency and the trade tribunal shows Canada’s trade remedy machinery running at full throttle, with Chinese and Vietnamese goods bearing most of the load OTTAWA, August 3, 2026 While Ottawa’s political attention stayed fixed on the August 19 deadline for new American…

  • Cabinet Surtax

    Ottawa imposes a 25 per cent provisional safeguard on imported wood cabinets and vanities, and importers have until August 5 before they even learn how to declare it OTTAWA, August 3, 2026 Canadian importers of kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities returned from the Civic Holiday long weekend to a new 25 per cent surtax that…

  • Copper Crunch

    A mandatory smelt-and-cast reporting rule for copper imports takes effect Wednesday, the latest turn of the screw in a Section 232 metals regime that Washington has rebuilt tier by tier this year WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026 American importers of copper wire and cable have until midnight tonight to get their data in order. Effective 12:01…

  • Duty Handoff

    The in-transit grace period for the new Section 301 duties ends today, closing out a frantic week in which one American tariff regime died, another was born, and importers were left to reconcile refunds, stacking rules, and a calendar full of deadlines. WASHINGTON, July 28, 2026 For American importers, Tuesday marks the end of the…

  • Brazil Duty Day

    Sweeping 25 percent Section 301 tariffs on Brazilian goods take effect as Brasilia vows retaliation and a WTO challenge WASHINGTON, July 22, 2026 A 25 percent tariff on most goods imported from Brazil took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time this morning, opening a new and volatile chapter in the trade relationship between the United…

  • Entry Scramble

    Importers have until 12:01 a.m. Tuesday to enter goods that were already on the water when the new forced labor tariffs took effect, and the fine print of the 431-page action is testing customs teams like nothing since the first China tariff waves. By the US Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 26,…

  • Tariff Hearings

    Three days of testimony in Washington close out the public phase of a plan to place new duties on 60 economies covering 99.4 percent of United States imports WASHINGTON, July 9, 2026 The Office of the United States Trade Representative concluded three days of public hearings Thursday on its proposal to impose additional tariffs of…

  • Tariff Endgame

    Forced labour tariff hearings close in Washington today, and Canada now waits to learn whether its case spares exporters a new 10 per cent duty WASHINGTON, July 9, 2026 Three days of public hearings on the most consequential American tariff proposal of the year wrap up in Washington today, and when the final witness steps…

  • Tariff Pushback

    Ottawa tells Washington there is no basis for proposed Section 301 forced labour duties on Canadian goods as public hearings open and a late July deadline looms over exporters on both sides of the border Peacock Tariff Consulting Trade Desk WASHINGTON, July 8, 2026 The Canadian government has told the Trump administration there is no…

  • Everything you need to know about Tariff Refunds.

    Peacock Tariff Consulting  |  Insights for U.S. Importers The Refund Opportunity Most Importers Are Missing For most U.S. importers, the duties paid at the border feel like a closed chapter. The entry is filed, the broker invoices clear, and the goods move on into the supply chain. What very few companies realize is that those…