A weekly overview of customs and trade news

Here’s a recap of the latest customs and international trade news:

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

• Regarding the extension of the exclusion of Chinese products under Section 301, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency provided guide Extending 429 specific product exclusions (352 previously reinstated exclusions and 77 COVID-related exclusions) to 14 June 2024, and certain exclusions to 31 May 2025, during a 14-day transition period.
• Norfolk Customs and Border Protection Seizure 305 Window air conditioners were found to have fake Energy Star certification marks.
• Louisville Customs and Border Protection Seizure The three shipments contained a total of 2,387 pieces of counterfeit jewelry. If authentic, the jewelry would have had a combined Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of more than $10.08 million.
• CBP has released an updated version of the Drawback/TFTEA Drawback Entry Summary Create/Resubmit CATAIR. Version Provides new category codes for Superfund.
• On July 25, 2024, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection will deploy renew The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) requires that the reference identifier qualifier Estimated Arrival Date (EDA) be submitted in the SE20 record for all minimum shipments submitted as entry type 86.
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection Baltimore Field Office Announce Recovering Stolen Vehicles Exported from the United States in FY2023 During the fiscal year, Customs officers intercepted 343 stolen vehicles. Approximately 90 percent of these vehicles were destined for West Africa.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• The Department of Homeland Security’s Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) released a Updated UFLPA strategy It also lists aluminum, polyvinyl chloride and seafood as new areas of enforcement focus.

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

• BIS, in collaboration with HHS, Announce The U.S. Government is conducting a comprehensive assessment of the U.S. active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) industrial base to understand the supply chain network that supports U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities.
  • To support the assessment, BIS will survey hundreds of US API manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, and customers.
• Bank for International Settlements Release Guide Provides an overview of actions taken by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security to inform industry and academia about entities not on publicly screened lists, such as the Entity List, that may be transferring items subject to U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security export controls to countries or entities of concern.

Department of Justice (DoJ)

• New York man and Canadian national Confession A multimillion-dollar export control scheme involving the shipment of missiles and drones to Russia.
• President of freight forwarding company be accused For allegedly smuggling goods from the United States to Russia.

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

• OFAC Issues New guidance About Production Submission Standards. This guidance provides technical and general guidance for persons making submissions to OFAC and is primarily applicable to persons providing responses to administrative subpoenas, requests for information, and disclosures.
• Sanctions List Updates:

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

• U.S. International Trade Commission Decide The Commission will now proceed to the remediation phase of its investigation and will hold a public hearing on July 23, 2024.

United States Trade Representative (USTR)

• Office of the United States Trade Representative Announce Danielle Fumagalli serves as Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan, Korea, and APEC.

U.S. Census Bureau

• On July 1, the Census Bureau announced that effective immediately, Schedule B, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), and HTS codes will no longer apply to AES. surface Updated to accept the July 1 code change.

WTO

• WTO release The latest trade monitoring update was published on July 8. The update covers the period from mid-October 2023 to mid-May 2024 and shows that despite the current geopolitical uncertainties, member countries continue to introduce more trade facilitating measures on goods rather than trade restrictive measures.

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