Tri-Link has helped clients reduce FTZ Merchandise Processing Fees. A Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) is a fee assessed by U.S. Customs for most imports into the U.S., not including duty, freight, and insurance charges. The minimum amount of the fee shall not be less than $26.22 and caps at $508.70. Tri-Link can help mitigate the […]
When importing items into the United States, Tri-Link can help save time and money through utilizing Weekly Entry Filing (WEF), rather than having to do numerous single entries. Tri-Link consults customers on the positive impact and the benefits of the FTZ program. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), “Brokers (entry filers) can […]
AForeign Trade Zone is located outside the Customs territory of the United States, often a warehouse or factory. Since it is not in the Commerce of the United States, many benefits are created for importers, exporters, manufacturers, and distributors who source foreign goods, components and raw materials. As a master navigator in the world of […]
The casualties of the current trade war continue to pile up, and now the EU is joining in. Today they announced the consideration of hitting the United States with a tariff on $4 billion worth of US exports, clearly showing they will use the same tactics that the White House has been using. With only […]
Chinese tariffs are set to increase Oct. 15 on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods. Although some products have recently become exempt from the 25 percent increase, the act was more about providing relief to some U.S. companies that may have suffered from Trump’s tariffs since they can’t find a supplier outside of China. President […]
The European Union has been in the media lately, as details about illegal subsidies and loans provided for years to airplane manufacturer Airbus have come to light. Given these recent developments, the World Trade Organization gave the U.S. a proverbial ‘thumbs up’ on slapping an additional $7.5 billion of tariffs annually to goods imported from […]
“The uncertainty is still there,” says John Frisbie, former president of the U.S.-China Business Council. The referenced uncertainty has to do with the hopeful deal that China and the White House made last week, which loosely outlines China’s promise to purchase more farm goods from the U.S. What is not clearly written, is exactly how […]
Tri-Link’s consulting services include solving international trade problems, overcoming barriers to trade, educating the international trade community regarding Foreign Trade Zones and expediting international cargo through the U.S. ports of entry for importation and exportation. With an international trade consultant and corporate Custom House Broker on your team, Tri-Link provides a unique blend of international […]
As a business owner, your primary focus is on growing your business. This means expanding your market, looking for competitive advantages anywhere you can, finding cost-saving strategies with every new challenge and hiring the right people on your team to help you achieve these goals. Global markets rise and fall and depending on the industry […]
There are various benefits to using a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), but companies must stay within the guidelines of what is allowed in at FTZ. Both large and small companies use Foreign Trade Zones, including importers, manufacturers, distributors, assemblers of products, and exporters of imported merchandise and/or products containing imported merchandise. Here is a list […]
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