Today we are talking with Paul Goodale, who is the director of procurement for Jewelry Television. Paul, thanks so much for being with us today. First, let's start out with why don't you tell us about jewelry, television and, and your role at J. TV?Jewelry television is located in Knoxville, Tennessee. We have one campus where everything happens. We have five studios. If you turn on the TV and or see our station, our show going on. We buy jewelry from all over the world that comes straight to...

I am joined by Jay Charkow, who's the president at ITM, and we also have with us todayone of our existing clients, Peter George. Peter's company has worked with us for yearsand we've managed a duty drawback program. But today we're going to talk about classification. And Peter has come to us with an opportunity for a classification review.We thought that it would be great to sit down with him and have him tell us a little bit about his product and determine if he is classifying his products p...

I'm Tony Sargis with the U.S. Dept. of Commerce Commercial Service, Connecticut office, and we're holding webinars for manufacturing month in October, we've received a lot of feedback regarding the Trade Talk Tuesday series. You'll note that the sessions are kind of quick, so we're here for about 20 minutes. We'll address a few questions in the Q&A at the end of the presentation.Our speaker today is Jill LaMadeleine, Vice President at International Tariff Management. Jill is a duty drawba...

Joining us today are Tony Sargis from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Joe Raycraft from the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of International Trade, and Jay Charkow from International Tariff Management. I'd like to ask each of you to tell our listeners a little bit about the expertise that you are bringing to this conversation. Tony Sargis is a senior international trade specialist with the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Commercial Service out of Middletown, Connecticut. I...

Today we're going to talk about classification and the number one question we get is why is a proper classification important? Anything that's brought into the United States must be classified according to the harmonized tariff schedule, and it's given a number and duties are assessed against that number. And other requirements such as federal other federal laws are applied against that number. And if the number is wrong, companies can be penalized for allowing those goods to come ...

Today, we're going to be talking about the most frequently asked questions in regards to the 301 tariffs. If you joined us last month, we tackled all the frequently asked questions about duty drawback. And today we're going to shift our focus to the 301 duties. And joining me today, I'm lucky enough to have Jay Charkow, who is the president at ITM.Well, nobody knows the 301 information more than you do Jay. Well, it comes out of a lot of research and and working with a lot of clients tha...

Today, we're going to talk about the most frequently asked questions that we find in regards to duty drawback, which is one of the services that we specialize in. Joining me today for our discussion is Samantha Vallee. Samantha is a tariff manager at ITM and has graciously agreed to join me today and share the top questions people have in regards to duty drawback. Today, we'll answer those questions for you.We hope you will gain some valuable insight into the world of customs tariffs. With al...

In this month's episode, we are fortunate to be joined by Danielle Orcutt and Ed Kim from Corpay. They will be discussing how to minimize currency exchange volatility in global trade. Corpay is a global leader in business payments. Corpay delivers unmatched service and expertise with respect to moving money globally. They provide power to their clients international payments and execute plans to manage currency risk in order to support their growth around the world.Corpay will look at your fu...

Today, our special guest is Matthew Lee Sawyer. Matthew is the author of Making It in America and an expert on how international companies and entrepreneurs successfully enter and scale in U.S. markets. Matthew is also a Columbia NYU professor, a business marketing strategist who has a rich history helping many recognizable large companies build their brand. He is also the director of Rocket Market Development. Matthew has won many industry awards, including the gold and silver fees, and he h...

Today we are going to discuss rejected drawback opportunities for all our importers. So there are four different types of rejected merchandise that we typically see: 1) rejected merchandise that does not conform to sample or specifications; 2) merchandise that may be the wrong size/dimension; 3) merchandise that may be the wrong color; or 4) merchandise that may be the wrong material type. So, for various reasons, companies have items in their inventory that need to be...