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The CBP New York/New Jersey field office will deny any protests or requests for extensions of liquidation that are meant to delay liquidation until the renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, it said an in informational pipeline on May 29. Instead, importers should continue to follow CBP’s directive to use SPI “A” to claim GSP and pay duties so that CBP can process refunds if GSP is renewed retroactively (see 13071514).
CBP said the following customs broker license, as well as any and all permits, were canceled with prejudice:
The FTC dropped a wide-ranging slate of legislative recommendations in its long-awaited report on data brokers, released Tuesday (http://1.usa.gov/1nQzIdY). “We have concluded that there are serious privacy concerns with data broker practices,” said Chairwoman Edith Ramirez in a conference call. Observers told us it was the most detailed, comprehensive, albeit not surprising, government report yet on the data broker industry. Since late last year, data brokers have received heightened scrutiny -- and some criticism -- from both the White House and Congress. The report contains “considerable new and additional information,” Ramirez said, pointing to its focus on specific data broker practices. “We're adding to a very important conversation."
The Food and Drug Administration’s proposed rule on sanitary transportation could impose responsibilities on entities that lack the knowledge of food safety to successfully perform them, said the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America in comments to the agency dated May 22. The proposal's definition of "shipper" is so broad that it could cover customs brokers in some circumstances, and could include multiple supply chain participants for the same shipment, said NCBFAA
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Members of the trade community recommended that CBP work toward an automated system that would allow greater control over the right to make entry, at a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) held May 22 in Miami. That would help address enforcement issues related to identity theft and, combined with additional data requirements and automation for CBP Form 5106, would replace an earlier idea that changes be made to Part 111 broker regulations related to powers of attorney. CBP officials attending the meeting praised the suggestion of an automated system, with an official involved in the development of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) saying similar capabilities are already in place.
CBP New York/New Jersey will hold a seminar on "Steel Identification, Classification and Trade Law" on July 16-17, it said in an information pipeline. 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 government officials and customs brokers, it said. Registration is required. The seminar will be at CBP at 11 Raymond Blvd., Newark, New Jersey.
The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) recommends that CBP remove the district permitting requirement and make other changes to broker regulations, said a CBP document posted ahead of the May 22 COAC meeting (here). The COAC recommendations call for new national permit framework that would require customs brokerages to employ an "adequate number of licensed brokers to ensure responsible supervision and control." The potential changes for the permitting regime has sparked some concerns among brokers, even leading to the creation of a "Save a Broker" letter writing campaign (see 14042918).
A husband and wife were recently sentenced to 14 months in prison and $70,000 in restitution for misdeclaring their imported Chinese apparel to be samples in order to avoid paying duties. Hoang Minh “Tommy” Nguyen and Dung Hanh “Yuna” Dao in February pleaded guilty in Eastern California U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering. District Judge Lawrence O’Neill on May 8 sentenced them to time served and restitution. The government had earlier seized money from several bank accounts, as well as a house in Patterson, California.