Recent New York Legislation to Affect Vehicle Exports, CBP Says
Vehicles being exported from New York may face delays and may be “de-pritotized” for export due to recent state legislation, according to a Feb. 6 CBP press release. The legislation, the Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act, restricts CBP’s access to certain criminal history information recorded by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the agency said, which will affect its Vehicle Exports Program. The change will affect vehicles titled in New York “when supporting documents cannot be authenticated through information sharing with New York DMV,” the notice said. “We recognize that many New York residents and businesses will be negatively affected by this change, but we cannot compromise the safety and security of our homeland,” CBP Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan said in a statement. “When states take negative measures that hinder our ability to protect our great country, we must respond.”
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Ships carrying cars for export from New York have been detained at port as containers that have been unloaded and placed back into storage, according to a Feb. 20 report from the New York Times. The change means the state’s car exports have “suddenly ground to a halt,” the report said. As exports stop, shipping lines that specialize in exporting cars will “probably reduce the number of calls to New York” and focus instead on ports in other states, the report said.