The CargoTrans team brings together licensed customs brokers, freight forwarders, and supply chain specialists with decades of combined experience moving goods across global trade lanes. As a full-service logistics partner, CargoTrans manages international supply chains end-to-end, helping importers and exporters navigate customs regulations, tariffs, and compliance with clarity and confidence.
Our experts write about the practical side of global trade: how tariff changes affect real shipments, what customs compliance demands day-to-day, and how visibility tools give shippers control over their freight. The goal is simple — help your business spend less time tracking shipments and overpaying duties, and more time growing.
ASTM D6400 and D6868 for imported molded fiber and PLA foodservice ware: what the standards test, BPI, state labeling laws, FTC compostable claims and duty.
ISPM 15 for U.S. importers: HT or MB treatment and the IPPC stamp, how CBP enforces 7 CFR 319.40-3, re-export and penalties, exemptions and a crate checklist.
TSCA Title VI for importers: products in scope, 40 CFR 770 emission limits, TPC certification, panel and finished-goods labels, records and CARB Phase 2.
ATA carnet rules for machinery samples and professional equipment entering the US, when TIB under HTS 9813 fits better, and how re-export failures cause claims.
Knit vs woven decides whether a garment enters under HTS Chapter 61 or 62. The construction test, side-by-side duty totals for China and Vietnam, and rulings.
What an RN number replaces on a textile label, who can hold one, how to run an FTC RN number lookup, and the label errors that trigger relabeling at import.
ASTM E84 and UL 723 flame spread classes for imported acoustic panels and wall coverings: where Class A applies, which test report buyers ask for, and duty.
Foreign Supplier Verification Program rules for food importers: who the FSVP importer is, hazard analysis, verification, exemptions, ACE data and inspections.
ASTM F963-23 is mandatory under 16 CFR 1250. What it covers, the 37 provisions needing a CPSC-accepted lab, toy duty by HTS line, and a pre-shipment checklist.
MoCRA for cosmetics importers: who the responsible person is, facility registration vs product listing, adverse event deadlines, label rules and entry data.
