CBP won’t go forward with its planned deployment of new Form 5106 until at least March 16, an agency official said on a call with members of the trade community. The agency has not yet set a date for the release, and may push the transition back even further depending on the level of readiness, he said on the Feb. 7 call. Testing is ongoing on the new Form 5106 in CBP’s ACE Certification environment, after deployment of the latest version of the importer ID form was delayed partly due to the recent partial federal government shutdown (see 1901170046).
The United Automobile Workers union would like to see vehicles left out of trade negotiations entirely when Japan and the U.S. sit down to craft a free-trade deal. Josh Nassar, UAW legislative director, told the International Trade Commission that Japan has no tariffs on imported cars, yet its imports are just 7 percent of sales. From all countries, Japan imported 11.1 billion in vehicles in 2017, according to World's Top Exports. In 2017, the Commerce Department said the U.S. imported $51 billion in Japanese-built vehicles. The ITC also heard from the milk lobby, the American Chemistry Council and the American Apparel and Footwear Association during its hearing Dec. 6.
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The CBP Office of Field Operations proposes to add a "social compliance" piece to the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) program as part of the effort to stop imports made with forced labor, it said in a strategy document. CBP released the document ahead of the Dec. 5 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting in Herndon, Virginia. According to draft recommendations from the COAC Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee, adoption of the forced labor strategy document will be recommended.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet Dec. 5 in Herndon, Virginia, CBP said in a notice.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its fall 2018 regulatory agenda for CBP. The agenda includes a new mention of a proposed rulemaking involving Privacy Act exemptions for some information collected through the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT). "In this proposed rulemaking, the Department proposes to exempt portions of the system of records from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act because of criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement requirements," CBP said. The agency is aiming to issue the proposal in February, it said.
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The structure of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will be updated in order to mirror CBP's mission and to allow for quicker reaction to events, said Bradley Hayes, CBP executive director of trade relations, during the Oct. 3 COAC meeting. The number of subcommittees will go from six to four for this COAC term, he said. The four subcommittees and underlying work groups are:
CBP intends to begin transitioning members of its Importer Security Assessment program into a new Trusted Trader portal in the coming months, said Liz Schmelzinger, director-CTPAT Partnership Programs at CBP’s Office of Field Operations, during an Oct. 3 meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. The seven participants in the Trusted Trader pilot began testing the new portal on Oct. 1 and, once testing is completed, CBP plans to move ISA members onto the portal throughout the following year.