A Presidential Proclamation for steel mill articles under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C 1862); Iron or steel products imported into the United States, country of origin, South Korea, effective for goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 eastern daylight time on May 1, 2018 is subject to absolute quota. The Trade may refer to quota bulletin (QB) 18-118 for details on South Korea absolu

Imports set a second all-time monthly record high this summer as retailers brought in merchandise for the busy holiday season, and are continuing at unusually high levels this month, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “When imports break records two months in a row, it’s hard to see that as anything other than a good sign about what retailers expect in consumer demand,” NRF Vice Presiden

The agreement gives US farmers access to the world’s biggest rice consumer, with China importing about 5 million tonnes last year. It follows trade talks between the two countries that resulted in little progress on other issues. While China opened its rice market in 2001, a lack of protocols on pests and plant diseases effectively stopped imports taking place. Inspections The organisation representing the US rice industry said the new agreement was the most complex of its ki

The world’s second-largest petrochemical port in Houston may command 75% of all US polyethylene exports, but expected growth in international shipments as a slew of new ethane crackers and associated derivative units start coming online this year has US ports a thousand miles or more away gearing up to nab a piece of the action. Last month Georgia’s Port of Savannah increased its ship-to-shore crane total to 26 — one more than the 25 at the Port of Houston’s Bayport and Barbo

Keep calm and carry on. That very British of phrases was recently used several times in a IHS Maritime expert panel on the topic of Brexit and its effects on international trade and shipping. Brexit—the decision by Britons through popular vote to leave the European Union—was met with concern and disbelief by many observers around the world and had the effect of sending shockwaves through financial markets in the immediate aftermath. Most experts agree that the effects of the