U.S. Customs and Border Protection is announcing that the following Customs broker license, as well as any and all associated permits, has been revoked with prejudice:
On April 14, 2011 at the annual U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Trade Symposium, U.S. Customs and Border Protection discussed supply chain security partnership programs, like the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), and its efforts to help other countries develop such programs.
On April 12, 2011 the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. sent a letter to the Federal Maritime Commission stating that more work is needed to ensure the benefits of FMC's final rule to exempt licensed non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs) from the rate tariff publication requirements of the Shipping Act of 1984, if they agree to negotiated rate arrangements (NRAs) with their shippers.1
On April 14, 2011 at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s annual Trade Symposium, the Director of Mexican Customs’ Secure Supply Chain Program discussed Mexico efforts to develop and pilot its Alliance for Secure Commerce (PACS, Programa Alianza para el Comercio Seguro), a supply chain security program. He also discussed Mexico’s Strategic Plan to fund infrastructure improvements.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
During the April 13-14, 2011 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Annual Trade Symposium, CBP officials provided an overview of possible preventative actions importers can take against the Asian Gypsy Moth, Khapra beetle, and other agriculture-related contamination of carriers, and possible remedial actions CBP can take if such contamination is found.
On April 13, 2011 at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s annual Trade Symposium, U.S. Customs and Border Protection described its new “broker revision” initiative and received input from the trade on the changing role of the broker.
On April 12, 2011, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) met in Washington, DC to discuss a variety of trade issues, including defining the role of the broker, automation, management by account pilots and intellectual property rights protection.
On April 4, 2011, a Food and Drug Administration official provided an update on FDA’s implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) Annual Conference. In addition to discussing the major provisions affecting importers, he described some of the lesser known impacts on prior notice (PN), administrative detention, denied entry for refused inspections, etc.
At the recent National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) Annual Conference, a Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) official discussed BIS’ compliance measurement of “no license required” (NLR) shipments, its updated list of “best practices” to prevent diversion of dual use exports, and the potential for Automated Export System (AES) changes based on that updated list.