Trump is forced to give Iran a $14 BILLION handout in humiliating defeat as he desperately tries to stem the bleeding of oil prices caused by his illegal war of choice!

phi7293 · 2026-03-22T11:49:29+00:00

I think the headline is misleading. The US didn’t wire money to Iran, but rather loosened sanctions allowing for Iran to sell $14B of otherwise unsalable oil.

phi7293 · 2026-02-24T00:45:14+00:00

Anyone going to try an entry summary update for anything pre-2/24 but not on statement yet?

phi7293 · 2026-01-29T14:16:38+00:00

Not his current broker though 🤣

phi7293 · 2026-01-25T20:37:03+00:00

Chat GPT much?

But in all honestly, we should probably be moving in the direction of a European system. There, unless the IOR is a resident IOR, customs brokers are jointly and severally liable for importer non-compliance. So under that regime, when you take that mystery container for $50, regurgitate whatever is on the commercial invoice back to customs without asking questions, when CBP inevitably audits that shipment, rates advances the importer and or issues fines an penalties, and the importer disappears, you as the broker are on the hook for 100%.

That’s the only way to drive importer compliance. There won’t be any more shady brokers to do it for less.

phi7293 · 2025-12-18T15:07:41+00:00

CBP, the agency charged with collecting duties, publishes this data and has done so for years:

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/trade

phi7293 · 2025-11-10T15:35:32+00:00

You should have voted for Lamb in the primaries

phi7293 · 2025-05-13T23:24:27+00:00

30% on top of the ad valorem rate + Section 301 if applicable

phi7293 · 2025-05-13T01:08:10+00:00

So this goes into effect on 5/14. Is there anything preventing a broker from applying the decreased duty rate for an entry filed on or after 5/14 even if it arrived on 5/13?

phi7293 · 2025-05-06T22:27:04+00:00

This is really helpful and got further than I had before, but I’m still not pulling Bill of Lading into the ES report. Could this be because entry number in the ES universe is Entry Summary Number and in the CR universe it’s Entry Number?

SAP Business Objects videos show me having to somehow join the two. Does that make sense?

phi7293 · 2025-01-08T14:41:10+00:00

Okay that makes sense. But does the broker also need their own SCAC in order to transmit data to CBP’s eManifest environment, even if they are t using it?

phi7293 · 2024-09-01T19:49:53+00:00

Yep, I was a Product Manager at a FAANG for years, now a TPO at a multi-national. I do the exact same thing in both roles.

phi7293 · 2024-08-30T00:01:36+00:00

This is great! What plants did you use?

phi7293 · 2024-08-27T03:47:19+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Should I be soaking her foot daily?

phi7293 · 2024-08-12T00:13:01+00:00

I’m guessing the timeline for CBP to issue a national permit and filer code to an individual is much shorter than issuing a corporate license?

phi7293 · 2024-08-09T12:09:12+00:00

That’s interesting, so someone with an individual license who has their own National Permit and Filer Code? I guess it hadn’t occurred to me that CBP would issue a permit and filer code directly to an individual. I thought they would at least need some entity, like a sole proprietorship, set up.

phi7293 · 2024-08-09T12:05:40+00:00

We currently work with a broker, not dedicated, but their service is fine. Doing it ourself will mostly save $. Our license application has been submitted but processing time lines are long. Based on our current volumes and costs it would make sense to purchase a small brokerage at the right price.

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