Diplomatic Shipments Diplomatic Shipments or Diplomatic Cargo are items that are consigned to government officials and employees of non-U.S. countries who have a diplomatic mission/duty in the United States. These cargo shipments have certain legal protection as they are considered official [...]
[ALERT] Customs Border Patrol Requiring Social Security Cards for Trophy Imports Customs & Border Protection is adding another requirement for all importation of trophies to the United States; a copy of your valid Social Security Card. The July 2019 issue of [...]
Inheritance Shipments What are Inheritance Shipments? Inheritance Shipments are cargo or goods that you have inherited from a deceased person. In the case of importing inherited goods, one of the most frequently asked questions is: "Do I have to pay duty?" [...]
Customs Clearance Stories from the Gallagher Archives. What happens when you import dirt? We would like to warn you of a problem that can seem quite small but can become quite serious. To you and me, dirt is a nuisance. We [...]
Can U.S. Customs See Your Shipment’s Importer Security Filing? ISF is known as the Importer Security Filing. This is a rule implemented by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for security purposes. ISF is previously known as the “10+2” rule. [...]
Customs Clearance Stories from the Gallagher Archives. Can you import a used car from overseas? Yes, but only without a passenger! We recently had a client who was moving to the United States from Italy. His employer was very nice and [...]
Cargo Insurance: Prepare for the Worst Recently, tragedy struck the Yantian Express, a Hapag-Lloyd container ship, when a container fire broke out from the ship’s deck when it was traveling off the east coast of Canada. On January 3, 2019, a [...]
[CLIENT ALERT] You may have read or heard recently of the new regulations from the EPA regarding Wood Materials being imported into the US (TSCA Title VI regulation on Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products). Gallagher requested and received confirmation from [...]
Gallagher's Holiday Hours: Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve, Closing early at 2pm Tuesday, December 25, Christmas, Closed December 31, New Year's Eve, OPEN January 1, New Year's Day, Closed As 2018 draws to a close, we are reminded that it has been [...]
Are you involved with importing goods from China? Importing goods from China will start to have some changes. There is a proposal within the U.S government to impose an additional ten percent duty on 6,031 tariff lines from China, this is [...]
