A heads up for anyone importing aluminum products into Canada. Effective October 1, 2026, Canada is updating its Aluminum Import Monitoring Program under General Import Permit No. 83. Importers of covered aluminum products will still need to cite GIP No. 83 on their import documentation, but there will be additional reporting and recordkeeping requirements around the origin of the aluminum used to produce the goods. This means importers may need to dig deeper into their supply chains and obtain more detailed production information from manufacturers and suppliers. 📦 What should importers be doing now? Start talking with your suppliers about aluminum origin and production records before the October 1 effective date. This is another example of why knowing your supply chain beyond your direct supplier is becoming increasingly important.

Awesome feeling getting to help a fellow community member onboard a new supplier for their e-commerce brand. After working through the supplier opportunity, they’re now looking at tens of thousands of dollars in potential annual savings with a new manufacturer. 💰📦 This is exactly why I wanted to build this community. Bringing real world sourcing and supply chain experience together and helping growing brands make better decisions. Really cool to see the first connection come together and lend a new brand a hand. 🤝 Hopefully the first of many! 🚀 For everyone else here, have you made a connection through Skool that’s already made a real difference for you or your business? Would love to hear about it! 👇

Wanted to flag something on the radar for anyone importing into the U.S. — this could reshape how we handle customs documentation. CBP is exploring a requirement that would force importers to obtain and retain the actual export documentation submitted to foreign customs authorities — and then reconcile it against the U.S. import entry (value, quantity, classification, origin — all of it). Translation: what your supplier declares at origin would need to match what shows up on your U.S. entry. No more gaps. 3 things worth prepping for now: 🏭 Supplier readiness — Do your factories know what documentation you might need from them? Can they actually produce the export-side paperwork? 📊 Data & internal controls — Do you have a process to reconcile supplier docs against your customs entries, and explain discrepancies when they're legitimate? 🚚 Freight forwarding strategy — A more managed freight-forwarding model isn't just about lead times anymore. It's becoming a customs risk lever too — more visibility into what's being declared at origin before goods hit the border. Important context: This is not a final or even proposed rule yet. CBP is still in the feedback-gathering stage. Nothing to action today. But if you're making supply chain decisions heading into 2027, this is worth keeping on the radar now rather than scrambling later. 👉 Curious how others here are thinking about export/import doc reconciliation — anyone already building this into their process

On July 23, 2026, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced a final Section 301 action, imposing tariffs on 60 economies for their failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor. As a result, USTR is imposing additional tariffs on all products of the investigated economy, with certain exemptions as provided in Annexes I and II. • 10%: Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom. • 10% net of MFN rate: For non-exempted products from European Union and Taiwan, if MFN rate is less than 10%, the sum of the MFN rate and Section 301 tariff shall be 10%; if MFN rate is greater than or equal to 10%, the Section 301 tariff shall be 0%. • 12.5% net of MFN rate: For non-exempted products from Japan, Korea, and Switzerland, if MFN rate is less than 12.5%, the sum of the MFN rate and Section 301 tariff shall be 12.5%; if MFN rate is greater than or equal to 12.5%, the Section 301 tariff shall be 0%. • 12.5%: All other investigated economies. 𝗨𝗦𝗠𝗖𝗔 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Products of Canada and Mexico that qualify for duty-free treatment under the USMCA are exempt from the new forced labor Section 301 tariffs. In addition, certain USMCA-qualifying passenger vehicle and light truck parts remain eligible for the import adjustment offset, excluding automobile knock-down kits and parts compilations. https://lnkd.in/ghn7c_Xx