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The Federal Maritime Commission’s actions to investigate shipping practices were limited to trade awareness and Fact Findings for most of the pandemic. The past several weeks, however, we have seen them stepping up their interest and inquiry with the news that the Commission will be auditing the nine largest carriers by market share for their detention and demurrage practices.
MOVING INTO NEW PRODUCTS DURING THE PANDEMIC – A TALE OF TWO COMPANIES 
The Pandemic Pivot: How Alba helped two apparel importers successfully move into PPE
When the pandemic’s full impact was felt in America last March, nobody knew what the future held, least of all companies who were traditional sellers into the consumer goods spaces. Two of Alba’s apparel importers who had strong networks of factories in Asia saw the instantaneous need for PPE at home and around the world and, with our help, successfully pivoted into a new space, navigating different entry and regulatory challenges with ease thanks to our team of experienced professionals. Read how it happened.
SUCCESSFUL PPE PIVOTS ON ALBA’S BLOG
The Section 301 price tag is nearly $100 billion. 
CBP reported that they have collected a little over $96 billion in Section 301 duties from China and $1.1 billion in 301 duties from the EU. CBP also reported assessments of $8.3 billion and $2.6 billion in Section 232 national security-related tariffs on steel and aluminum products, respectively, and Section 201 import safeguard tariffs of $2.6 billion on solar panels, $260.1 million on washing machines, and $2.5 million on washing machine parts. ST&R has more.
The US and EU continue to pressure companies on China’s treatment of ethnic Uighurs from western Xinjiang province. Enforcement of laws against prison labor are causing Chinese suppliers in other provinces to evaluate where their workers are coming from and, in some cases, to remove those who are from Xinjiang and could jeopardize their exports and violate the compliance programs of their well-known apparel and consumer electronics clients.
Separately, the US issued an advisory to businesses about Hong Kong, raising the concern that the region’s autonomy no longer exists. The National Security Law, laws governing data protection and privacy as well as the conduct of the police led White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to tell reporters, “The bottom line is that businesses should be aware that the risks faced in mainland China are now increasingly present in Hong Kong.
NY/NJ passes Long Beach to become second largest US port in June.
Shippers seeking an alternative to West Coast congestion and rail dwell times looked eastward, and the beneficiary of that change was the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The complex moved into second place in the US with a June that saw the port handle 467,763 TEU, moving ahead of Long Beach. This represented a 19.2% increase on pre-COVID June, 2019 numbers.
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