On May 20, 2010, the House Ways and Means Committee’s Trade Subcommittee held a hearing on Customs Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Pena testified on a number of investigative efforts and strategies ICE is involved in to combat the illegal trade practices and commercial fraud activities of noncompliant importers, exporters, manufacturers, brokers, and others who commit trade-related crimes.
On May 20, 2010, the House Ways and Means Committee’s Trade Subcommittee held a hearing on Customs Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement. The Customs Commissioner and other government witnesses presented testimony and answered questions. Highlights of what was covered include:
The American Conference Institute has announced that it will hold its 6th annual Advanced Forum on Global Customs Compliance on June 28 - 29, 2010 in Washington, DC. The Forum will address how to overcome complex customs challenges in China, India, Brazil, Mexico, and Europe. Topics to be covered include customs valuation challenges, product safety standards, and expediting customs clearance. BP subscribers can receive a $200 discount off the standard price by referencing discount code "Broker Power." (ACI Forum details, agenda, and registration available at http://www.americanconference.com/globalcustoms.htm)
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Footwear.
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
On May 11, 2010, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) met in Philadelphia, PA to discuss a variety of trade issues. Highlights of the discussions include:
Consumer Product Safety Commission sources have confirmed that senior management from CPSC and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are in the final stages of negotiations concerning detentions, and CPSC now expects to begin issuing its own detention notices as early as June 2010.
On May 6, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration’s Deputy Commissioner for Foods Michael Taylor testified at a House Subcommittee1 hearing on “the Role and Performance of FDA in Ensuring Food Safety.”
On May 5, 2010, the Clean and Sustainable Transportation Coalition sent a letter to leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Highways and Transit Subcommittee1 urging them to reject efforts to re-write the trucking rules in the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act.