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CBP Expected to Keep Close Track of Bond Sufficiency After Section 301 Tariffs Take Effect

Importers may need to up their customs bond amounts after the Section 301 25 percent tariffs take effect on goods from China, said Laura Siegel Rabinowitz, special counsel at Kelley Drye, in a June 28 blog post. "While bonds are…

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based on imports for the previous twelve months, the time period is rolling and we expect CBP to be aggressively reviewing imports from China beginning on July 6," she said. Rabinowitz said that after "the Section 232 duties on imported steel and aluminum went into effect recently, CBP sent letters to certain importers giving them thirty days to increase their bonds to be commensurate with the new tariffs."