Incoterms® 2020 Incoterms® Promulgated by the International Chamber of Commerce, Incoterms® are a set of international standards for the uniform interpretation of common contract clauses in international trade. The ICC is the largest business organization in the world and published its first set of Incoterms® in […]
The International Trade Council is offering a full day of Incoterms® 2020 training on Thursday, September 26, 2019. Incoterms® 2020 rules will come into force on January 1, 2020. It is the ninth Incoterms® revision since their inception in 1936. For the first time, the […]
NASCO in Des Moines – Update on North American Relations and Trade Join Scarbrough on August 13, 2019 to learn from Tiffany Melvin, NASCO’s President on a quick North American Update. We will meet from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM over lunch. This event is sponsored by Iowa Economic […]
Paying U.S. Customs via ACH Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) allows a payment to be pulled directly from a bank account. We suggest importers pay their U.S. Customs duty and taxes direct to U.S. Customs via ACH. It is a quicker, more seamless process with many […]
Spotlight on Tricia Tricia “Trish” Lashley is the Domestic Fulfillment Operations Lead for Scarbrough Transportation, which is Scarbrough’s North American domestic brokerage and fulfillment operations company. Trish has been a part of the Scarbrough team for 7 years. In her time at Scarbrough thus far, […]
Spotlight on Tony Tony Harrelson is the Domestic Transportation Manager for Scarbrough Transportation, which is Scarbrough’s North American domestic brokerage company housed under Scarbrough Group of Companies. Tony has been with Scarbrough for 3 years, but has been in the industry for nearly 20 years […]
Spotlight on Cheni Eratzeni “Cheni” Ontiveros is the Mexico Accounting Lead located in Scarbrough’s corporate office in Kansas City, MO. Cheni has been with Scarbrough for over three years. Throughout her journey with Scarbrough, she has been able to learn accounting and fiscal rules and […]
How to Stay above Competition by holding UPS and Fedex Accountable In this day in age, an organization must do all it can to cut costs and stay above competition. One way to do this is through technology. Most of you reading this know that […]
Bills Introduced to check on Section 232 Tariffs Bills introduced to check president’s 232 powers The reintroduction of the Trade Security Act is the most recent proposal to check the executive branch’s ability to impose national security-based trade remedies. Feb 07, 2019 on Dec 27, […]
When will the USMCA be enforced? On November 30, 2018, U.S., Mexican, and Canadian leaders signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement at this year’s G-20 meeting. The USMCA must be ratified by each country’s legislature. As a result, it wouldn’t go into effect until 2020. President Trump has repeatedly suggested that he may unilaterally […]
