International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for June 3-7 in case they were missed.
Mexico is extending a grace period for new requirements that took effect June 3 for importers to submit proof of compliance with certain Mexican product standards at the time of entry, the Confederation of Mexican Customs Broker Associations said on its website. Importers that have not yet obtained a certificate from a recognized certification body may nonetheless continue their current operations unchanged, as long as they submit their request for certification to the certification body by June 30 and include a receipt number for the request in their entry documentation. The grace period will last until Aug. 12. Mexico had previously announced that requests had to be submitted by May 31 to qualify (see 1905230061).
India customs will introduce paperless processing of exports in its Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade (SWIFT) at the port of Visakhapatnam “along with other facilities across the country,” according to a report in the New Indian Express. The decision follows the successful implementation of electronic filing of supporting documents for exports under a pilot project in New Delhi and Chennai, the report said. The “shipping bill” and supporting documents such as the invoice, purchase order, license, certificate of analysis are to be submitted online by the exporter or customs broker, and the India customs officer will be able to view the documents for processing, the report said. "It is now mandatory to upload digitally signed supporting documents on ESANCHIT at the time of filing of shipping bills," Visakhapatnam customs said in a May 27 circular. "The exports/Customs Brokers should not be allowed to submit the supporting documents in hard copies, henceforth."
With ACE not ready, customs bond insufficiency issues, and importers unable to take on financial responsibility for tariffs on Mexican imports, the customs brokers who work at the California-Mexico border asked CBP and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to delay implementation of 5 percent tariffs past June 10. The Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Associations sent a letter June 5 saying that its members are alarmed "that it will be impossible to comply, as the mechanisms for compliance are not available between now and June 10th."
The California Assembly passed four privacy bills Tuesday and sent them to the Senate. Members voted 56-13 for AB-1202 to require data brokers to register with the California attorney general, giving the AG enforcement authority for violations of registration requirements. The Assembly voted 69-4 for AB-846 to make exceptions in the California Consumer Privacy Act for customer loyalty programs. Members voted 61-10 for AB-523, responding to reports that wireless carriers sold customers’ real-time data location, and 44-6 for AB-1395, meant to stop smart speakers from saving, storing or exchanging recordings with a third party, regardless of whether the device was triggered using a key phrase like “OK Google,” unless the consumer opts in. The Assembly passed two industry-favored bills tweaking CCPA last week (see 1905230051).
The California Assembly passed four privacy bills Tuesday and sent them to the Senate. Members voted 56-13 for AB-1202 to require data brokers to register with the California attorney general, giving the AG enforcement authority for violations of registration requirements. The Assembly voted 69-4 for AB-846 to make exceptions in the California Consumer Privacy Act for customer loyalty programs. Members voted 61-10 for AB-523, responding to reports that wireless carriers sold customers’ real-time data location, and 44-6 for AB-1395, meant to stop smart speakers from saving, storing or exchanging recordings with a third party, regardless of whether the device was triggered using a key phrase like “OK Google,” unless the consumer opts in. The Assembly passed two industry-favored bills tweaking CCPA last week (see 1905230051).
The Mexican Secretariat of Economy recently issued a ruling on the application to parts and components of upcoming requirements to submit a certificate of compliance with certain Mexican product standards at the time of entry, according to a May 27 circular from the Confederation of Mexican Customs Broker Associations (CAAAREM) that was posted by the consultancy AJR Comercio Exterior.
Apple sold the personal iTunes music listening information of millions of iPhone users to app developers, data aggregators, list brokers and other third parties in violation of various privacy laws, alleged a complaint (in Pacer) Friday in U.S. District Court in San Jose. The disclosures were done “for further exploitation and monetization – all without providing prior notice to or obtaining the requisite consent from anyone,” said the complaint, which seeks class-action status.
Apple sold the personal iTunes music listening information of millions of iPhone users to app developers, data aggregators, list brokers and other third parties in violation of various privacy laws, alleged a complaint (in Pacer) Friday in U.S. District Court in San Jose. The disclosures were done “for further exploitation and monetization – all without providing prior notice to or obtaining the requisite consent from anyone,” said the complaint, which seeks class-action status.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its spring 2019 regulatory agenda for CBP. There were no new trade-related rulemakings included.