I wanted to remind everyone that most of China will be shutting down for one week from Thursday, October 1, 2015 through Wednesday, October 7, 2015. This is China’s annual Golden Week / National Day holiday. Most businesses, factories, and … Continue reading →

As we prepare for Labor Day weekend, I’d like to share what we are seeing at the port of Oakland in recent weeks. The vessel delay issue that started in the middle of June seems to have receded. The bottleneck … Continue reading →

I wanted to provide an update on the port situation in Tianjin. Based on the latest reports, most of the container yards are now open for pick up and return of containers. There were a few terminal locations that were … Continue reading →

As many of you may have already heard, there was a massive explosion at a warehouse in the port city Tianjin, China around 10:50pm local time yesterday. There has been a lot of reporting regarding the deadliness of the explosion, … Continue reading →

Customs has finally published their instructions for processing refunds of duties on entries that are eligible under the re-authorization of GSP. Contrary to some earlier statements from Customs, the refunds WILL be automatically processed by Customs assuming that your customs … Continue reading →