Jul 21
CBP Reports No Issues with CrowdStrike Outage
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials reported no major issues at ports and no impact on its Automated Commercial Environment...
Jul 10
Thailand Abolishes Low-Value Threshold on VAT on Imports
Effective July 5, 2024, Thailand has abolished the de minimis value threshold applied to value-added tax (VAT) for low-value goods...
Jul 10
Brazil Imposes Import Tax on Ecommerce Goods
Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into law in early July legislation to impose a 20 percent import tax on goods valued at...
May 20
Canada Postpones CARM Launch Date for Trade Partners
The Canada Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) program launch has been pushed back for trade partners until October 2024 to allow...
May 20
Brazil Certifies More Companies in Remessa Conforme
Another handful of companies have been certified in Brazil’s Remessa Conforme program, the voluntary ecommerce compliance program meant...
Mar 18
Flooding in Western Region of Australia
Australia Post has declared a force majeure event in Western Australia since March 13 due to severe weather causing flooding and road...
Mar 14
USPS Suspends Mail to Haiti
The Postal Service will suspend mail to Haiti effective March 15 until further notice due to unavailable transportation. Customers are...
Mar 6
German Airports Face Strike Actions
Frankfurt airport will be closed to passengers with planned departures on Thursday, March 7, due to a security staff strike organized by...
Mar 6
Fires Curtail Mail Services in Parts of AU
Australia Post informed member countries of the Universal Postal Union via a circular bushfires in regional Victoria are impacting the...
Jan 17
EU Moves Ahead with Phase 3 of ICS2
The European Union has released phase three of ICS2 (R3), even as member states are still in the process of implementing Release 2....