As the Federal Maritime Commission considers reversing its rulemaking from 2018, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America is arguing that unreasonable practices should continue to be subject to enforcement only if they are "normal, customary and continuous."
As the Federal Maritime Commission considers reversing its rulemaking from 2018, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America is arguing that unreasonable practices should continue to be subject to enforcement only if they are "normal, customary and continuous."
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The National Marine Fisheries Service should adopt a “registry” approach similar to that used by other agencies as it develops an electronic Certification of Admissibility form for seafood products in ACE, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in recent comments to the agency. Duplicative data entry requirements for customs brokers wouldn't be “the best use of automation and would encumber the entry process,” given complex seafood supply chains and the vast amount of data associated with each shipment, the NCBFAA said.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet remotely Sept. 14, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due in writing by Sept. 9.
CBP plans to revoke hundreds of customs brokers' licenses by operation of law, without prejudice, for failure to file the 2021 triennial status report and applicable fee, it said in a notice. CBP’s list includes the broker name (individual or company), license number and port name associated with the licenses being revoked.
Taiwan is encouraging exporters to alert its Bureau of Foreign Trade if they encounter certain issues shipping goods to China, the bureau said last week. China’s customs agency has reportedly detained goods originating in Taiwan if the items aren’t labeled as "Made in Taiwan, China,” the foreign trade bureau said. Beijing objects to any insinuation on product labeling that suggests Taiwan is a separate territory and not a part of China (see 2208080026). Taiwan said exporters with detained goods in China should provide the bureau with “relevant information, such as the customs ports, importers, customs brokers, and descriptions of goods.” Then, the Taiwan Customs agency will contact China's Customs to deal with the situation.
The misclassification of 543 entries of metal lids was simple negligence, not a fraudulent scheme, importer Crown Cork & Seal said in its motion to dismiss parts of an amended government complaint. The motion asks the court to dismiss counts of fraud and gross negligence, leaving only the negligence count (United States v. Crown Cork & Seal, USA, CIT #21-00361).
The Bureau of Industry and Security this week issued a new set of frequently asked questions covering the Entity List, Russia-related export controls and Russia-related sanctions evasion.
House Democrats demanded information Tuesday about law enforcement agencies buying data through data brokers and potentially circumventing statutory requirements. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., wrote to heads of DOJ, the Homeland Security Department, FBI, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The House Judiciary Committee had a hearing on digital dragnets in July (see 2207190058), where there was bipartisan interest in government data collection practices. “These data sets -- collected, packaged, and sold by private companies -- have far-ranging uses from benign microtargeting, to invasive digital profiles, to real-time location tracking,” Nadler’s office wrote. The committees want full details about the “agency practice of purchasing commercial data to sidestep legal protections against unreasonable search and seizure.”