CBP released a new “slick sheet” April 10 with guidance for customs brokers on what to do when faced with cybersecurity incidents. “The new resource makes recommendations on how to prevent, respond to, and recover from potential cyber-attacks on customs broker data systems, from proactively putting in place plans and preventative IT controls to resuming normal business operations upon system remediation,” CBP said in a news release.
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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.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for April 5, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
Hypodermic needle assemblies made in the U.S. by Cardinal Health from imported stainless steel needles and U.S.-made plastic parts keep the country of origin of the imported needles, CBP said in a recent ruling.
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A proposed formula for apportioning the value of tooling assists to imported auto parts can’t be used by an importer because it doesn’t take into consideration the country of origin of the imported parts and so fails to account for the possibility that they could be subject to additional Section 301 and Section 232 duties, CBP said in a ruling released March 27.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for March 29, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
The National Marine Fisheries Service will allow more time for comments on its proposal to expand its Seafood Import Monitoring Program requirements to cover additional species, as well as amend the SIMP regulations to clarify the responsibilities of the importer of record (see 2212270034), it said in a notice released March 30. Comments are now due April 27.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is suspending all commercial trade in endangered and threatened species with Mexico, implementing a recommendation from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that came as a result of Mexico’s failure to develop an acceptable plan to protect the vaquita porpoise, the FWS said in a notice dated March 27.
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The Internal Revenue Service on March 27 released new proposed regulations to “provide guidance” on superfund excise taxes on imported chemicals and substances that took effect July 1 of last year. Comments are due May 30.