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Customer Advisory: Compliance Update
Sep. 5, 2025
Customer Advisory
- Executive Order Outlines Tariff Implementation for U.S.-Japan Trade Deal
For a product of Japan with a Column 1 Duty Rate that is less than 15%, the sum of its Column 1 Duty Rate and the additional ad valorem rate of duty shall be 15%. For a product of Japan with a Column 1 Duty Rate that is at least 15%, the additional rate of duty pursuant to this order shall be zero percent. Treatment of specific or compound duty rates will be identical to the treatment provided to products of the European Union (EU) as outlined in Executive Order 14326 of July 31, 2025. The duties described shall apply in lieu of the additional ad valorem duties previously imposed on products of Japan under Executive Order 14257, as amended. These tariffs will apply retroactively to products of Japan entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. EDT on August 7, 2025. - Post Summary Corrections
Work with your Customs broker at the local branch to get a list together of those entries that are eligible for a refund, and check with the KWE Corporate Compliance team at customs_compliance_group@kwe.com for filing Post Summary Corrections to claim this refund. A Federal Register notice will be forthcoming on modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) consistent with this order. Do read the Executive Order for full details. - President Petitions Supreme Court Following CAFC Ruling
The Solicitor General has requested expedited hearing and a quick ruling on this case concerning the legitimacy of the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), as this is currently impacting the President’s ability to negotiate further agreements, as well as impacting importers’ ability to plan future transactions. Over $750 billion in refunds would be at stake. - FDA Goes National
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the National Entry Review (NER) program on August 4, 2025 to streamline and standardize import operations. The program transitions from port-by-port reviews to a nationwide system by utilizing technology and staff across multiple time zones. - DOC Adds 407 Product Categories to Steel & Aluminum Tariffs
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) added product categories including wind turbines and their parts and components, mobile cranes, bulldozers and other heavy equipment, railcars, furniture, compressors and pumps, and hundreds of other products. A complete list is in the annex to the Federal Register notice. - Bureau of Industry & Security Relaxes Export Controls for Syria
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has made changes to the Syria export control measures under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), consistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14312, providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions. This final rule relaxes the EAR’s existing restrictions on exports/reexports to Syria of items subject to the EAR through various changes. - Bureau of Industry & Security Amends VEU list in the EAR for China
Refer Federal Register Notice issued on September 2, 2025. - S. Census Bureau Releases New Data Products from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS)
The BTOS includes data for multiunit/multilocation businesses. BTOS will continue to collect data complementary to key items found on other economic surveys, such as revenues, employees, hours, and inventories.
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