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.
How an FDA hold becomes a detention or refusal: the Notice of FDA Action, the respond-by date, Form 766, the 90-day export rule and Import Alert removal.
The clearest message from the 2026 Trade and Cargo Security Summit was that customs compliance is becoming much bigger than
UV-C sterilizers, air purifiers with germ-kill claims and ultrasonic repellers are FIFRA devices. What EPA needs before arrival: Est. No., label and NOA.
A Canada non resident importer can be the US importer of record without a US office. What bonding, an IOR number, and a resident agent actually require.
A customs power of attorney lets a broker file entries on your behalf. What CBP Form 5291 covers, who has to sign it, and how long it stays valid.
What is a 7501 form for customs? It’s the Entry Summary that computes duty, MPF and HMF on an entry. Key blocks, who files it, and how it reaches liquidation.
The 10% and 12.5% Section 301 forced labor tariffs on 60 economies: Chapter 99 headings, the EU and Japan cap, exemptions, stacking and drawback.
A single entry customs bond covers one shipment; a continuous bond covers a year of entries. Real minimum amounts, when each applies, and who underwrites them.
A customs HTS code is a 10-digit number that sets your duty rate. How chapter, heading, subheading and suffix are structured, and where to look yours up.
The US Customs list of prohibited items isn’t one document. Learn what’s absolutely banned, what’s restricted with a permit, and what happens at the port.
