Imports from a major Chinese PVC, chemical and textile manufacturer and two other textile companies will be barred from the U.S. beginning Sept. 27, after their listings by DHS on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List the previous day.
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Brian Feito, Managing Editor, International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, 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.
The U.S. has asked Mexico to review a new USMCA rapid response labor complaint against a Teklas automotive parts plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, the Labor Department said in a Sept. 25 news release. The request from DOL and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative follows a complaint filed in August by a Mexican labor union that claims Teklas is violating workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining rights.
Texas Department of Public Safety inspections are causing delays at the ports of Eagle Pass and El Paso/Ysleta Bridge, but Southern border ports remain open for commercial processing despite an influx of migrants (see 2109200028), with the exception of rail at Eagle Pass, according to an email from a CBP official sent out by the Laredo Licensed U.S. Customs Broker Association.
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CBP posted the following documents ahead of the Sept. 20 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting:
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee is set to adopt a recommendation urging CBP to allow the use of foreign-trade zones for merchandise detained under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, after an August policy change by the agency barred the practice (see 2308030062).
CBP should “advance” its use of technologies for interdicting illicit de minimis shipments, and should update its procedures to increase the speed at which it adopts technologies that can be used to address issues surrounding de minimis shipments, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee said in draft recommendations set for a vote at the Sept. 20 COAC meeting.
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CBP recently posted a request for information seeking input on its process for selecting accreditors of customs broker continuing education courses, the agency said in a CSMS message Sept. 8. “CBP seeks information from organizations that believe they are able to provide accreditation services as it specifically relates to licensed customs brokers,” the RFI said.
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