CBP released the focus on the remaining Webinars on the "Role of the Broker." CBP had previously released the dates of the Webinars, but not all of the subjects.
CBP discussed broker due diligence in verifying the identity of the importer of record in the second webinar about its “Role of the Broker” initiative. In the June 21 webinar, “Establishing bona fides,” CBP overviewed the documentation that may establish that the importer of record is a real entity and is in fact the owner or purchaser of the goods being entered. CBP also discussed situations with foreign importers of record, and said they would like to eliminate third-party transfers of power of attorney.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is hosting a Webinar on June 21 at 3 p.m. on updating the broker regulations (19 CFR Part 111), it said in a CSMS message June 18. The webinar will focus on broker "bona fides" and is the second of several webinars slated for the summer of 2012 as part of CBP's Role of the Broker Initiative.
June 19 Food and Drug Administration public meeting in Washington, D.C., on its plan to expand the technical, scientific, and regulatory capacity of countries that export food to the U.S. -- www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/WorkshopsMeetingsConferences/default.htm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
June 10-12 International Air Transport Association annual general meeting, Beijing, China -- http://www.iata.org/events/agm/2012/Pages/index.aspx
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will hold two Webinars for carriers and software developers who haven't started the transition from AMS to eManifest: Rail and Sea (M1). CBP will shut down AMS on Sept. 29, leaving M1 as the only electronic filing environment.
An update to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 19 CFR Parts 111 rules will take at least a year to be finalized, said Elena Ryan, Acting Director of Trade Facilitation and Administration at CBP. Ryan spoke June 7 during CBP’s first of several Webinars focused on the “Role of the Broker.” CBP is also in the "final stages" of putting together a Federal Register notice that will announce CBP's Importers Self-Assessment (ISA) pre-certification program, which will allow accredited brokers to assess their clients' readiness to participate in the ISA program. That notice should be out in the next few months, she said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a final rule to permit licensed customs brokers to store records relating to their customs transactions at any location within the U.S. under certain conditions, and to remove the requirement that certain brokers retain entry records in their original format for the 120-day period after release of imported merchandise. The rule ran in the Federal Register June 8.
The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for June 6 (note that some may also be given separate headlines)