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As of April 1^st, 2022, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will begin collecting a new Clean Truck Fund (CTF) Rate, regarding the ports goal to achieve zero-emissions drayage trucking by 2035. A $10 fee per TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) and an additional fee of $20 per container that exceeds 20 feet on loaded import, export, domestic and international containers being hauled by drayage trucks as they cross terminals and rail cargo moving to or off nearby rail ramps via truck.

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On Tuesday, this week, the price of diesel fuel on the CME commodity exchange rose 21.98 cents per gallon, which is the largest single day increase since early June 2008. The US Department of Energy reports that the national average price of diesel at the pump jumped $0.75 cents in the first week of March, up a total of $1.71 from one year ago.

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On Monday February 7, 2022 the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced a 232 Tariff Agreement with Japan. The new agreement will allow Japan to ship up to 1.25 million tons of steel under a tariff rate quota (TRQ) without paying the 25% tariff. Any steel shipped in excess of the 1.25 million tons will be subject to the 25% tariff. The agreement which will take effect April 1^st did not change the 10% tariff on aluminum.

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On Friday February 4, 2022, the President of the United States issued a Proclamation to Continue Facilitating Positive Adjustment to Competition from Imports of Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (CSPV) (Whether or Not Partially or Fully Assembled into Other Products.

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The Census Bureau’s Economic Management Division (EMD) is announcing the publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking public comments on its consideration to add a conditional data element, country of origin, when foreign origin is selected in the Foreign/Domestic Origin Indicator field in the Automated Export System (AES).

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Chinese authorities announced a lockdown due to positive COVID infections in Ningbo effecting the supply chain. The district of Beilun in Ningbo is on partial lockdown following the discovery of coronavirus cases on Saturday.

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On Thursday, December 23, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which is a bipartisan bill to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China do not enter the United States.

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