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06/10/2026

Copper importers: the decision lands in 20 days.

On June 30, Commerce delivers its report on U.S. copper markets to the President. What's on the table? Pulling refined copper into Section 232 — with duties already penciled in:
📌 15% starting January 1, 2027
📌 30% starting January 1, 2028

Right now, cathodes, anodes, ores, and concentrates are still outside Section 232 scope. That's the feedstock for electrical, construction, and electronics manufacturing — and it's one report away from a very different duty bill.

Quick recap of how we got here:
→ Aug 2025: 50% tariffs on semi-finished copper + copper-intensive derivatives (inputs excluded)
→ Apr 2026: duties shifted to full customs value — 50% copper articles, 25% derivatives
→ Jun 2026: U.S.-origin threshold dropped to 85%, and copper smelt-and-cast reporting is coming

If refined copper is your input, the time to model 2027 costs is now — not after the proclamation drops.

June 30 isn't a milestone. It's a decision point.

06/09/2026

Barcelona, you were something else. 🧡

Three days at the WCA eCommerce Solutions Conference and somehow it feels like we lived a month in them.

Sponsoring this event wasn't just a logo on a banner for us. It was three days of sitting down, face to face, with the people who move global commerce every single day.

No booth. Just one-on-one conversations where someone walks in with a scheduled meeting and walks out with a whole new customs workflow in mind.

To everyone who brought us their challenges, their hard questions about compliance and eManifest, and their honest take on where this industry is headed: thank you. Those conversations are exactly why we do this.

And to our team: you showed up jet-lagged, and still gave every single meeting your full attention. That's not sponsorship. That's heart.

The badges are souvenirs now. But the conversations? Those are just getting started.

See you at the next one. 🌍

06/08/2026

Here's the risk that most importers aren't tracking carefully enough.

IEEPA duties were collected from February 2025 through February 2026.
CBP entries don't all liquidate on the same day. Most entries liquidate automatically approximately 314 days after the entry summary date — about 10.5 months.

That means entries filed in mid-2025 are liquidating right now, on rolling dates throughout 2026.

Each liquidation starts two clocks:

Clock 1: The 80-day CAPE window
If the entry liquidated within 80 days of when you submit your CAPE Declaration, it's Phase 1 eligible.
If you miss that window, it's Phase 2 — which has no announced launch date.

Clock 2: The 180-day protest deadline
Under 19 U.S.C. § 1514, importers have 180 days from the date of liquidation to file an administrative protest with CBP.
After 180 days, the administrative path closes.
The remaining option is CIT litigation — with a 2-year statute of limitations.

The practical math:

An entry filed July 1, 2025 liquidates approximately May 11, 2026.
→ 80-day CAPE window closes approximately July 30, 2026
→ 180-day protest deadline closes approximately November 7, 2026

Miss both? You're looking at CIT litigation.

The single biggest mistake importers are making right now: treating IEEPA refunds as an open-ended process rather than tracking individual entry protest deadlines.

Entries from May–August 2025 are liquidating right now. The clocks are running.

At CustomsCity, your entry data is organized and accessible — so you can identify deadline exposure before it closes.

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06/05/2026

July 1, 2026. The Free Trade Commission — trade ministers from the U.S., Mexico, and Canada — convenes for the first formal USMCA joint review since the agreement replaced NAFTA in 2020.

The stakes are real.

Under Article 34.7, there are three possible outcomes:
→ Unanimous extension: USMCA continues for 16 more years, through 2042
→ No consensus: annual reviews begin, with potential agreement expiration by 2036
→ Withdrawal: any party can exit with six months' notice if annual reviews fail

Most trade analysts — including CSIS and the Baker Institute — expect continuity with targeted adjustments, driven by nearly $2 trillion in annual trilateral trade and massive FDI commitments by manufacturers betting on North American integration.

But the adjustments matter for compliance teams.

The four highest-risk areas for compliance:

1. Automotive rules of origin
The 75% regional value content threshold is the most contested provision. A 2022 dispute panel ruled against the U.S. interpretation — and the U.S. refused to comply. This is the unresolved issue the review is most likely to address.

2. Chinese-origin inputs transiting Mexico
With nearshoring expanding rapidly — Mexico attracted ~$40.9B in FDI through Q3 2025 — CBP is scrutinizing whether goods made in Mexico with significant Chinese components genuinely qualify under USMCA.

3. Labor enforcement
Rapid Response Mechanism cases have been rising. The review will likely strengthen labor verification requirements.

4. EV components
USMCA's battery and EV rules are under pressure as North American EV manufacturing scales.

For brokers and importers with USMCA-reliant entries: now is the time to verify, not assume.

06/04/2026

We're not just attending the 6th Annual WCA eCommerce Solutions Conference in Barcelona. We're sponsoring it.

June 6–8, the global eCommerce and logistics community comes together to talk about what's keeping the industry moving forward — and what's still slowing it down. And CustomsCity will be right in the middle of it.

We built our platform for the freight forwarders, customs brokers, and importers who handle this complexity every single day. Being here — supporting this conversation — is a natural extension of that commitment.

See you in Barcelona. Come say hi. 👋

06/03/2026

The Section 122 story didn't end when the CIT ruled on May 7.

It moved to the Federal Circuit, and that's where every broker and importer needs to be paying attention.

Here's the current legal posture:

📅 May 7: CIT ruled Section 122 tariffs unlawful (2-1 decision)
📅 May 8: U.S. government appealed to the Federal Circuit
📅 May 11: CIT granted administrative stay — tariffs continue for all non-plaintiff importers
📅 Now: Federal Circuit is considering the full stay motion

What this means while the appeal proceeds:

→ Section 122 tariffs (10% global surcharge) are still being collected from all importers except three named plaintiffs
→ The Federal Circuit could: grant a full stay (collections continue through appeal), deny the stay (triggering refund pressure), or narrow the stay
→ Section 122 expires July 24, 2026 by statute, unless Congress extends it, which requires bipartisan support that isn't guaranteed

The administration's strategy regardless of the Federal Circuit outcome:
USTR is working to finalize Section 301 findings before July 24 so new tariffs are ready the moment Section 122 expires.
If Section 301 tariffs land before July 24, the transition could be seamless from a revenue standpoint.

What importers should be doing right now:
✔ Track every entry subject to Section 122 duties separately
✔ Evaluate whether to file administrative protests (180 days from liquidation) to preserve refund rights
✔ Review contracts, tariff pass-through and refund allocation disputes are already surfacing
✔ Model what Section 301 replacement tariffs would mean for your cost structure

The legal outcome is uncertain. The July 24, 2026 date is not.

06/02/2026

The first IEEPA refunds hit on May 12, 2026.
That's the signal the trade community was waiting for: CBP's CAPE system isn't just accepting filings — it's issuing payments.

By April 26, 2026 (per CBP's April 28 CIT filing):
→ 75,000+ CAPE Declarations submitted
→ 63% passed file validation
→ 84% of validated entries passed entry validation (~1 in 6 entries rejected)
→ 1.74 million entries already liquidated without IEEPA tariffs and entered the refund process

What's slowing things down:
→ ~16% initial rejection rate during entry validation (entry number format errors, Filer Code mismatches, IOR discrepancies)
→ ACH enrollment problems — refunds fail silently without correct bank info in ACE
→ CAPE Declarations cannot be amended once submitted — errors require a new, separate Declaration

The biggest risk right now:
Importers are treating CAPE as an open-ended process.
It isn't.
Phase 1 only covers unliquidated entries and entries within 80 days of liquidation.
As 2025 entries continue to liquidate on rolling dates throughout 2026, each one starts a new 80-day CAPE window — and a separate 180-day protest deadline.
If you miss both windows, the path to recovery narrows to CIT litigation.
Phase 2 (for fully liquidated entries) has no announced launch date.

Is your team tracking protest deadlines by entry?
At CustomsCity, your entry data is organized from day one — so you know exactly where each entry stands.
👉 https://zurl.co/F7eI3

06/01/2026

Barcelona is calling — and we're answering. 🇪🇸
In just a few days, the CustomsCity team will be at the 6th Annual WCA eCommerce Solutions Conference, and honestly? We can't wait.

This is the room where eCommerce leaders, freight forwarders, and logistics innovators come together to talk about what's actually shaping global trade — cross-border logistics, last-mile delivery, sustainability, and the technology making it all smarter and faster.

We're showing up ready to connect, listen, and share what we've been building to make trade compliance easier for the people doing this work every day.

If you'll be in Barcelona June 6–8, come find us. Because the most valuable conversations at any conference happen off-script. 👇

05/29/2026

Barcelona, here we come. 🌍

The CustomsCity team is heading to the 6th Annual WCA eCommerce Solutions Conference — June 6–8 in Barcelona, Spain.

Three days of one-on-one meetings, panel discussions, and conversations about what's shaping cross-border trade: eCommerce logistics, sustainability, and the technology driving it all forward.

If you'll be there, let's connect. Drop us a message — we'd love to meet.

05/28/2026

Here's what's coming in the next 60 days:

📅 July 1 — USMCA joint review begins

The first six-year review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement officially kicks off, but there's no fixed end date, and negotiations are already expected to run past it.
What's at stake: rules of origin, regional content requirements, and the long-term validity of USMCA certificates across North American supply chains.

📅 July 24 — Section 122 tariffs expire

The 10% global surcharge hits its statutory 150-day limit. The President cannot extend it unilaterally, and Congress has not acted.
USTR is targeting this date to finalize Section 301 determinations for 60+ economies, with no rate cap and no time limit. New tariffs could land higher than what importers are paying today.

📅 July 31 — Section 232 pharma takes effect for large manufacturers

100% duties on patented pharmaceuticals and APIs — but only for the large manufacturers listed in Annex III.
All other importers: September 29, 2026. Either way, classification and origin review can't wait.

And in the background: Section 122 is under appeal at the Federal Circuit. CAPE claims are being processed. IEEPA refunds are rolling.

Summer 2026 is busy.

The companies modeling these scenarios today adapt in July.
The ones that wait react under pressure.

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