The Bureau of Industry and Security issued a 180-day temporary denial order Dec. 13 against three people and two companies for illegally sending controlled exports to Russia as part of a Moscow-led sanctions evasion scheme. Along with the denial order, DOJ indicted the three individuals, along with others, on charges related to the illegal exports, including money laundering, wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiring to defraud the U.S.
“Significant changes are imminent” for brokers that deal with duty-free entries under government military contracts through the Defense Contract Management Agency, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in an emailed alert. Beginning Jan. 14, customs brokers no longer will have access to a portal in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) to download the duty-free certification required for entry filing, the NCBFAA said. Instead, they’ll access duty-free entry “via a tokenized email,” the trade group said. While the process after the email is received “appears to be user friendly,” it’s still unclear how the broker will get the email and whether it will be timely sent, the NCBFAA said.
The “add/upload employee” feature is now available in the ACE portal for customs brokers to report new and terminated employee information, CBP said in a CSMS message Jan. 10. The feature had been unavailable since the Dec. 19 effective date of CBP’s broker modernization final rule, which requires brokers to submit the information to CBP within 30 days of the hiring or termination of an employee (see 2212190056).
DHS published its fall 2022 regulatory agenda for CBP. There were no new trade-related rulemakings included, with upcoming regulations on continuing education requirements for customs brokers still listed at the final rule stage.
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CBP on Dec. 29 announced the release of the latest version of its handbook for customs brokers. Version 1.1 of the Customs Broker Guidance for the Trade Community removes references to the already passed effective date of CBP’s customs broker modernization regulations, and makes minor updates to a section on broker separation from clients.
Shippers mostly supported the Federal Maritime Commission’s proposal for demurrage and detention billing requirements (see 2210070079 and 2203250028), saying in comments this month the new invoice requirements will bring more transparency to the industry. But at least two carriers continued to lobby for revisions to the proposed requirements, saying they could lead to burdensome new rules and wouldn’t result in more efficient container pickups and returns.
Shippers mostly supported the Federal Maritime Commission’s proposal for demurrage and detention billing requirements (see 2210070079 and 2203250028), saying in comments this month the new invoice requirements will bring more transparency to the industry. But at least two carriers continued to lobby for revisions to the proposed requirements, saying they could lead to burdensome new rules and wouldn’t result in more efficient container pickups and returns.