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.
Furniture tariffs line by line: Section 232 on upholstered wood seating, China List 3 and forced-labor 301 stacks, the bedroom AD order and 2027 FF&E budgets.
EPA Form 3520-1 and 3520-21 for engine, vehicle and generator importers: import codes, ACE PGA data, racing and display entries, holds and duty by HTS.
What a CPSIA tracking label must show under 15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(5), product vs packaging rules, how it differs from origin marking, and why labels stop entries.
Poison Prevention Packaging Act rules for importers of cosmetics, supplements and household chemicals: covered substances, 16 CFR 1700.20 testing, GCC and duty.
FCC equipment authorization for importers of consumer electronics, LED drivers and PCBAs: Part 15, SDoC vs Certification, 47 CFR 2.1204, FCC ID and duty.
Prop 65 for importers: when the importer owes the warning, 2025 short-form rules, safe harbor levels for lead, BPA and phthalates, and 60-day notices.
ITAR vs EAR for importers of aerospace, defense, motorsport and industrial parts: USML or CCL, ECCN and EAR99, ATF and DDTC import rules, civil aircraft duty.
Food packaging regulations for importers of cups, plates, containers and cutlery: FDA clearance routes, 21 CFR 174-178, supplier documents, PFAS and duty.
UN38.3 for importers of electronics, LED and bike gear: the eight tests, the 49 CFR 173.185 test summary, equipment rules and duty on battery lines.
TSCA chemical data reporting for importers: who reports under 40 CFR 711, the 25,000 lb and 2,500 lb thresholds, the 2028 window, exemptions and records.
