In an effort to combat forced labor, Customs and Border Protection declared aluminum as the fourth product added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFPLA) which includes tomatoes, polysilicon and cotton. Though the US imports very little aluminum from China, the act is likely to mostly impact auto parts coming from the Xinjang Uyghur...Read More

Updating the HTS codes every 5 years, the World Customs Organization has begun updating it again this year. However, this did not take effect as originally planned on January 1 2022. Throughout 2021, there were signals indicating that the update would take effect on time. The likelihood of which diminished as December passed without the...Read More