Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
CBP will require importers to electronically submit Certificate of Compliance data at the time of entry — not after — for all CPSC-regulated consumer products subject to certification, effective July 8, 2026(CPSC; Federal Register 90 FR 1430). Foreign Trade Zone entries get a sep…
FedEx and UPS layered new fuel-surcharge tiers and pound-based surge fees onto international parcel shipments in May 2026. UPS added a $0.32/lb surcharge on US-inbound volume from non-surge-fee origins; FedEx's international export surcharge rose to 38.5% at $4/gallon jet-fuel re…
The US, Canada,and Mexico have simultaneously launched a 72-hour joint enforcement operation called "DOT Week" — projected to inspect over 60,000 trucks across all three countries. Focus: commercial driver hours-of-service, vehicle safety inspection, and load-securement violation…
At the 4th EU–Japan Digital Partnership Council in Brussels on May 5, the European Commission services responsible for DSA enforcement signed a cooperation arrangement with Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan's platform regulator under the Informa…
BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor (released May 12): total UK retail sales fell 3% YoY in the four weeks to May 2, 2026 — against +7% in April 2025 and a 12-month average of +1.8%. Food -2.5%, non-food -3.3%, online non-food -2.3% YoY (vs +7% April 2025). Online penetration nudged up…
