Brian Feito, Deputy Managing Editor, is a reporter for International Trade Today and its sister publication Export Compliance Daily. A licensed customs broker, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
Biography for Brian FeitoRecent Articles by Brian FeitoFDA Puts All Hand Sanitizers From Mexico on Import AlertFDA is setting a countrywide import alert on all alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico that will allow the agency to stop and detain shipments at the border while it reviews their safety, FDA said by email Jan. 26. Prompted by…Subscribe to Read >>
Disposable Face Masks Assembled in Canada Meet Tariff Shift Rule, Qualify for USMCA, CBP SaysDisposable medical face masks assembled in Canada from components made in India, the U.S. and China are eligible for USCMA tariff treatment, CBP said in a ruling issued Dec. 18, 2020. While some components that determine the classification of the…Subscribe to Read >>
New Rates, Quantities Released for Extended Safeguard TRQ on Large Residential WashersSafeguard duties on large residential washers entered under a tariff-rate quota will fall to 15% on Feb. 8, 2021, and then 14% on Feb. 8, 2022, before the newly extended safeguards expire after Feb. 7, 2023, according to annexes to…Subscribe to Read >>
New Regional WRO on Xinjiang Cotton, Tomatoes Presents Enforcement, Compliance ChallengesCBP’s new regional withhold release order on cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region presents new enforcement challenges for the agency, which is working on technological capabilities to be able to track origin for third-country goods made from imports…Subscribe to Read >>
Commerce Finds End Use Removes Exercise Equipment Part From Stainless Steel Sheet DutiesEnd uses and channels of trade matter for determining whether processing removes a product from the scope of antidumping and countervailing duties on stainless steel sheet and strip from China (A-570-042/C-570-043), according to a Commerce Department scope ruling issued Nov…Subscribe to Read >>
FDA is setting a countrywide import alert on all alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico that will allow the agency to stop and detain shipments at the border while it reviews their safety, FDA said by email Jan. 26. Prompted by…Subscribe to Read >>
Disposable medical face masks assembled in Canada from components made in India, the U.S. and China are eligible for USCMA tariff treatment, CBP said in a ruling issued Dec. 18, 2020. While some components that determine the classification of the…Subscribe to Read >>
Safeguard duties on large residential washers entered under a tariff-rate quota will fall to 15% on Feb. 8, 2021, and then 14% on Feb. 8, 2022, before the newly extended safeguards expire after Feb. 7, 2023, according to annexes to…Subscribe to Read >>
CBP’s new regional withhold release order on cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region presents new enforcement challenges for the agency, which is working on technological capabilities to be able to track origin for third-country goods made from imports…Subscribe to Read >>
End uses and channels of trade matter for determining whether processing removes a product from the scope of antidumping and countervailing duties on stainless steel sheet and strip from China (A-570-042/C-570-043), according to a Commerce Department scope ruling issued Nov…Subscribe to Read >>