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Seeing “held in customs” on your tracking is unsettling, but it covers a wide range of situations — from a…

A federal trademark registration protects your brand on paper. Recording that trademark with U.S. Customs and Border Protection protects it…

Antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) are the most financially dangerous corner of U.S. customs law, and also the most misunderstood.…

Tracker — last updated: early July 2026 This page tracks CBP’s refund process for the IEEPA tariffs struck down by…

A seized USPS package sits in a unique legal position, and which way it breaks depends on what was inside…

A DHL package seizure is, more often than not, a customs matter — and that sets it apart from FedEx…

A seized UPS package can mean two very different problems. It might be a shipment of goods that CBP stopped…

When a FedEx package is seized, the first question is not “how do I get it back” — it is…

An antidumping order slaps a triple-digit duty on a category of Chinese goods. Within months, imports of that same product…

Section 301 tariffs still cover most Chinese-origin goods entering the United States in 2026, layered on top of ordinary duties…

A shipment arrives at a U.S. port. CBP inspects it, decides the goods bear a counterfeit trademark, and seizes them.…

Requesting confidential treatment of your vessel manifest data is one of the rare pieces of customs housekeeping that is genuinely…

Every time an ocean container arrives at a U.S. port with your company’s name on it, that shipment generates a…

Two importers receive letters from CBP demanding money. The letters look nearly identical, arrive from the same office, and offer…

Most importers think of compliance as getting the entry right — the correct classification, the honest value, the accurate origin.…

Most customs disputes are arguments about a decision already made — a classification CBP rejected, a value it questioned, an…

When tariffs rise, the duty on a shipment can become the single largest line item in landing it — and…

A customs broker’s license is the foundation of an importing operation most importers never think about — until it is…

Five thousand dollars for a piece of paperwork that changed nothing. That is the reaction most importers have to their…

A prior disclosure is often described as a way to cut a customs penalty to a fraction of its potential…

After a penalty notice arrives, importers hear two pieces of advice that sound like the same thing: “file a petition”…

The number on a customs penalty notice is not a bill. It is an opening position. CBP’s Fines, Penalties &…

CBP does not grade on a curve. The reasonable care standard that governs a company importing four containers a year…

A CF-28 asks about one entry. A Focused Assessment asks whether your company should be trusted to file entries at…

An importer files an Importer Security Filing two days late on a container of furniture. Nothing is lost, nothing is…