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Monty Tayloe, Associate Editor, covers broadcasting and the Federal Communications Commission for Communications Daily. He joined Warren Communications News in 2013, after spending 10 years covering crime and local politics for Virginia regional newspapers and a turn in television as a communications assistant for the PBS NewsHour. He’s a Virginia native who graduated Fork Union Military Academy and the College of William and Mary. You can follow Tayloe on Twitter: @MontyTayloe .

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Importers Report Increase in ISF Compliance, Use of Duty Avoidance Programs
August 4, 2014 by Brian Feito|Other U.S.

Importers markedly improved the accuracy and timeliness of Importer Security Filing submissions in the past year, according to the “Import Operations and Compliance Benchmark Study” published in July by American Shipper magazine and BPE Global. About 75% of the 250 importers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) surveyed now say that 95-100% of their ISF declarations are accurate (up from about 65% in 2013), and about the same proportion also say their ISF declarations are timely. CBP began ISF enforcement last year. The survey also says importers are automating more compliance and operations processes, and have increased use of duty avoidance programs by about 5%.

Topics:Drawback
CBP LA to Hold Seminar on Steel Classification
August 4, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP Los Angeles will hold a seminar on "Steel Identification, Classification and Trade Law" on Sept.16-17, it said in a public bulletin. The seminar, which will include presentations from technical, commercial and legal experts from the industry, is meant to "enhance the knowledge level of steel importations" for the trade and customs brokers, it said. Registration is required by Aug. 25. The seminar will be at the Port of Los Angeles, 425 South Palos Verdes St., San Pedro, Calif.

NCBFAA, AAFA Say Proposed AQI Fee Increases 'Exorbitant' and 'Unfair'
July 29, 2014 by Brian Feito|USDA

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service needs to rethink “exorbitant” and “unfair” fee increases for agricultural quarantine and inspection services, according to a July 24 letter from 27 trade associations including the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America and the American Apparel & Footwear Association. The agency should withdraw the proposed rules it issued in April on AQI and overtime fee rates (see 14042321) so that industry can review the underlying data, they said.

Topics:Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
CAFC Affirms Judgment Against C.H. Robinson for Failure to Deliver T&E Merchandise
July 29, 2014 by Brian Feito|Penalties and Courts

A bonded carrier of merchandise imported under a transportation and exportation entry is only responsible for ensuring delivery, but CBP may ask for documents showing exportation in order to prove the merchandise was delivered, said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on July 28 as it affirmed a judgment against C.H. Robinson. The carrier had been ordered by the Court of International Trade in 2012 to pay $106,407.86 in unpaid duties, taxes and interest for a shipment of wearing apparel from China that was allegedly diverted into the U.S. while en route to Mexico. The Appeals Court agreed that the CF 7512s stamped by a Laredo customs broker at an unmonitored CBP facility aren’t enough to prove C.H. Robinson fulfilled its responsibility to deliver the merchandise.

CBP Says Duty-Free Bonded Warehouse May Also Sell Goods for Domestic Use
July 25, 2014 by Tim Warren|Top News

A class 9 bonded warehouse operator may sell merchandise for domestic use in addition to duty-free goods, said CBP in a May 15 internal advice ruling, HQ H161256. The ruling comes in response to a request from the operator to the Port of New York/Newark that was passed up to headquarters. The internal advice request was submitted to CBP headquarters in 2011, the ruling said. Due "to changes in business conditions" the operator was considering selling merchandise to customers domestically in addition to duty-free merchandise and asked for agency input, said CBP.

CBP Should Use Broker Ratio Requirement in Permitting Regs to Ensure Supervision and Control, NCBFAA Says
July 22, 2014 by Tim Warren|Top News

CBP should require national customs broker permit holders to hire a certain number of licensed brokers in order to ensure responsible supervision and control when doing customs business, said the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) in a position paper. The paper describes the NCBFAA's various thoughts on how CBP should update customs broker regulations as it moves toward increased reliance on the national permit as part of the agency's modernization efforts. The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations for CBP recently advised the agency to also install some employment requirements in the regulations, but did not offer specific numbers (see 14052209).