The Court of International Trade recently issued an important decision which reaffirms an importer’s right to “tariff engineer” its products by designing them to qualify for more favorable duty treatment. For more information, click here.
Contracts form a critical part of any commercial operation, allowing businesses to enter into agreements with the suppliers, customers and distributors that drive their operation. Commercial contracts can be complex […]
Read moreFederal appellate court rules in a case of critical significance to the trade compliance community Click here for a PDF version of this alert. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled today in favor of our client Epsilon Electronics, Inc., in a case against the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Saifullah Khan of S.U.Khan Associates. Saifullah has joined IR as our exclusive Accounting Services Member in the Czech Republic. We, S.U.Khan Associates were established, in the year 2004, with the aim of providing distinctive range of services to our clients in Pakistan as […]
Schuchat International Law Firm, LLC www.schuchatlaw.com Frank Schuchat Phone: 303-523-3150 [email protected] To: Clients and Friends Date: February 1, 2017 Re: International Trade and Business As the new year unfolds there are well-known and unsettled policy decisions on the agenda that will challenge all businesses and entrepreneurs engaged in trade and investment across borders. In this […]
As the new year unfolds there are well-known and unsettled policy decisions on the agenda thatwill challenge all businesses and entrepreneurs engaged in trade and investment across borders.In this memorandum, I aim to briefly highlight information relevant to international trade law butalso draw from insights and interactions in my role as Belgium’s Honorary Consul and […]
VTZ Report Special Economic Zones
Paraguay has been recognized as an excellent opportunity for foreign goods, products or services – actually for the foreign companies that own those products, goods or services. These are introduced –temporarily– into the country in order to be assembled, repaired, improved, worked on, or processed, and finally exported to the foreign country again, in which […]
Paraguay and The UAE are entering into a Bilateral Treaty for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments (BIT). The Paraguayan President is traveling to Abu Dhabi next january in order to sign the Treaty. In order to access to more details, please check the following links: http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates-international/1395302896132.html http://www.qna.org.qa/en-us/News/16110821060069/Paraguayan-Minister-of-Finance-Calls-on-Qatari-Businessmen-to-Invest-in-His-Country http://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/cartes-ira-en-enero-a-emiratos-arabes-unidos-1541084.html […]
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) of the U.S. Department of Commercepublishes statistics on export license activity for dual use goods, commodities and technologies.1The most recent statistics for calendar 2015 are informative and, in particular, demonstrate thatBIS functions in large measure by using License Exceptions for certain transactions, allowingexporters to operate with minimal interference […]
A number of importers have received compliance letters from Customs. These letters identify a number of Customs Informed Compliance Publications, and remind importers of their obligation to exercise reasonable care in preparing and filing their customs entries. These notices are intended to encourage importers to review their import procedures and entry declarations to achieve higher […]
To read the full article, please click on the link below. The new Paraguayan Law on international contracts: back to the past?
