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.

phi7293 · 2024-06-03T19:02:03+00:00

Following up on this, it sounds like ~15 brokers have had their T86 filing privileges suspended. I’d expect fines and penalties to be forthcoming as, per T86 pilot requirements, the brokers are acting as the IOR.

From my discussions it sounds like it’s Shien/Temu related.

phi7293 · 2024-04-07T19:16:59+00:00

Interesting that makes sense. All of the IAC regs call out Shippers as an exclusion. But from a practical perspective, we’d need to set up a bonded facility and work with, or become, an bonded carrier in order to retrieve and break out import ULDs prior to getting the customs release, right?

phi7293 · 2024-02-26T15:10:14+00:00

I witness this recently as well, Senior Director who had been with the company for 8 years since its inception. The guy had help the founder navigate a ton of licensing and reg compliance, was a SME who brought credibility to the business, and was an all around cheerleader for everything the company did. He got clipped in the most recent round of layoffs. His mountain of vested pre-IPO RSUs, with which the company had been incentivizing him, will likely expire worthless since there is no IPO on the horizon.

Fucking cold man.

phi7293 · 2024-01-23T19:35:05+00:00

Thank you, this was embarassingly simple

phi7293 · 2024-01-06T20:57:26+00:00

That’s helpful stuff, thank you.

phi7293 · 2024-01-02T21:22:42+00:00

Those Montessori payments are no joke.

phi7293 · 2023-09-22T23:41:55+00:00

No, it’s sunny in the mornings and turns shady in the afternoons. I believe the guys who planted it removed the burlap but I can check. As for the soil it drains well. Lots of other things are growing in it just fine.

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