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Tariffs & Duties ·
GingerControl's margin defense playbook for manufacturers absorbing tariffs: the Absorption Ledger, four reduction lanes priced in basis points, and the sequencing rule.
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GingerControl on the tariff refund gap: why executives shelve refunds they are owed, where the legal-costs belief is wrong, and the three numbers that decide pursuit.
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Moving sourcing out of China cuts the origin-based tariff layers (Section 301, base MFN) but not Section 232, which follows where the metal was melted — not where the article was assembled. Here's how to tell which of your duty is escapable before you relocate.
Tariffs & Duties ·
Most GPUs enter duty-free — the real import duty on an AI data-center buildout is on the power and cooling gear. Here's the 2026 Section 232 stack on transformers, switchgear, and cooling — including the full-value metals duty that turns a Free-rated transformer into a double-digit landed cost.
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Importers' duty costs are rising faster than their import volume in 2026. Here is how to decompose the rate effect from the volume effect, why the ~7% national effective tariff rate understates your bill, and what's recoverable.
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GingerControl explains the merchandise processing fee: the FY2026 0.3464% rate, the $33.58 minimum and $651.50 cap, FTA exemptions, and how to cut MPF.
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GingerControl walks importers through the four-part FTZ duty savings math, inverted tariff, scrap, deferral, and exports, plus the weekly entry MPF cap.
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GingerControl breaks down the duty drawback lesser of two rule: the TFTEA substitution cap that under-recovers duty, and how to model it per lane.
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GingerControl breaks down a 9802.00.80 and 9801.00.10 program so you stop paying duty on your own US components, on the foreign value-add base.
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GingerControl shows how to run an AD/CVD scope ruling, EAPA evasion defense, and cash-deposit-rate response as a standing program, not a fire drill.
Tariffs & Duties ·
GingerControl shows finance teams how to forecast a customs duty accrual, reconcile it against entered duty, and tie the variance to the GL.
Tariffs & Duties ·
GingerControl breaks down FTZ manufacturing for plants: production authority, inverted tariff relief, privileged status, and the weekly-entry MPF cap.
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