The Customs Modernization bill introduced in the Senate allows CBP to access data from parties in the supply chain other than importers, allows those parties to update and amend their advance data, and authorizes a customs broker or importer of record to convert the pre-entry information into a certified entry filing.
The Economist Newspaper NA intentionally, systematically and unlawfully discloses customers’ private purchase information in violation of Utah’s Notice of Intent to Sell Nonpublic Personal Information Act (NISNPIA), alleged a class action Tuesday (docket 2:23-cv-00878) in U.S. District Court for Central Utah in Salt Lake City.
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Wrangling over the federal budget has delayed an announcement of the particulars of phase VII of Lacey Act enforcement, as well as the subsequent six-month countdown until new declaration requirements are enforced, said Erin Otto, part of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Lacey Act team, during a webinar hosted by the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America.
CBP posted the following documents ahead of the Dec. 13 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting:
Kuehne+Nagel will acquire the Canada-based customs broker Farrow, the Swiss logistics company said in a news release. “The acquisition of Farrow will be immediately earnings-accretive and will expand the company’s customs capabilities in a complementary way, especially at the Canadian and Mexican borders of the USA,” Kuehne+Nagel said. The deal's completion is expected in the first quarter of 2024, and is subject to “approval from regulatory authorities and customary closing conditions,” the release said. “Upon close, Farrow will become a fully owned subsidiary of Kuehne+Nagel.” Terms were not disclosed.
Kuehne+Nagel will acquire the Canada-based customs broker Farrow, the Swiss logistics company said in a news release. “The acquisition of Farrow will be immediately earnings-accretive and will expand the company’s customs capabilities in a complementary way, especially at the Canadian and Mexican borders of the USA,” Kuehne+Nagel said. The deal's completion is expected in the first quarter of 2024, and is subject to “approval from regulatory authorities and customary closing conditions,” the release said. “Upon close, Farrow will become a fully owned subsidiary of Kuehne+Nagel.” Terms were not disclosed.
The current scope of ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on aluminum extrusions from 15 countries would impose heavy costs on U.S. manufacturers and consumers, and as written would make it nearly impossible for CBP to administer and importers to comply, said a bevy of large multinational corporations and trade associations in comments filed recently filed with the Commerce Department.
The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America is lobbying for language in the Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization bill that would direct the Government Accountability Office to review investments in air cargo infrastructure and workforce development.
A payment of $174.80 for the annual customs broker permit user fee is due by Feb. 9, CBP said in a notice published Nov. 27. That's up from $163.71 last year (see 2212150045).