CBP’s base metals Center of Excellence and Expertise recently released new guidance on calculating steel, aluminum and copper content for Section 232 duty calculation purposes.
CBP has been tightening its enforcement on reporting of steel and aluminum content for Section 232 duty purposes, based on criteria that have yet to be made public in formal guidance, according to customs brokers and trade attorneys interviewed by International Trade Today.
Kristi App joined the Port of New Orleans as its chief commercial officer, the port said in a LinkedIn post. App, vice president of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America and president of the New Orleans broker association, had been chief operating officer at J.W. Allen.
Importers should brace for processing delays at the U.S.-Mexico border as a key component to recent reforms to Mexico's customs law go into effect (see 2511260062), freight forwarder and customs broker Livingston warns in a Dec. 5 update.
The development of artificial intelligence tools specifically aimed at facilitating trade and improving import and export compliance could potentially halve the global workforce dealing with these matters, said the head of WiseTech Global during the company's Global Investor Day on Dec. 3.
Nebraska man Byungmin Chae on Dec. 3 urged the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider his second case against the results of his April 2018 customs broker license examination after the court dismissed the case on the basis that Chae should have raised his claims in his first case on the test (Byungmin Chae v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 25-1379).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Law firms are advising clients of changes to Mexican customs laws that begin Jan. 1, including that customs brokers will be liable if their clients provide false or inaccurate information.
CBP reminded the trade that the annual user fee that customs brokers must pay is due by Jan. 30, according to a Federal Register notice. The fee for calendar year 2026 will be $185.38, according to CBP.
The Bureau of Industry and Security shouldn't expect freight forwarders and logistics providers to carry out the same level of 50% rule due-diligence as exporters, which have much more visibility into the products being shipped and are better positioned to make sure they comply with the new regulations, logistics companies and trade groups told BIS in public comments released this month.