Members of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee are urging CBP to provide more clarity on how to comply with Section 232 tariffs, as well as suggesting that CBP enable importers to use publicly available metal commodity pricing for valuation purposes, according to a list of recommendations that the committee is expected to vote on during its quarterly meeting on Jan. 14.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is busy finalizing its list of what products will need an electronic certificate for import entry, according to CPSC staff participating on a Jan. 8 webinar on e-filing.
As CBP shifts its focus from trade facilitation and trade enforcement, conducting reasonable care is no longer enough, and importers must be prepared to do much more, according to the lead analytical content manager for risk management provider Sayari.
Although geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties abound heading into 2026, it's unlikely that port volumes at the Port of Los Angeles next year will be "falling off a cliff," the port's executive director, Gene Seroka, said during the port's monthly media briefing last week.
CBP has been tightening its enforcement on reporting of steel and aluminum content for Section 232 duty purposes, based on criteria that have yet to be made public in formal guidance, according to customs brokers and trade attorneys interviewed by International Trade Today.
The development of artificial intelligence tools specifically aimed at facilitating trade and improving import and export compliance could potentially halve the global workforce dealing with these matters, said the head of WiseTech Global during the company's Global Investor Day on Dec. 3.
Net revenue recovered from entry summary reviews skyrocketed to nearly $33 billion in fiscal year 2025, while the total number of liquidated damages in U.S. trade doubled, according to recently updated CBP data.
CBP's and data technology provider Altana's foray into developing a technology tool that can provide both regulators and stakeholders with deep visibility into products' supply chains may serve as a foundation for what trade facilitation might look like in the future, Altana's vice president and head of trade compliance Amy Morgan asserted in a Dec. 2 webinar hosted by the American Association of Exporters and Importers.
As CBP ramps up enforcement, the agency often seems to be heading straight for penalties, as witnessed anecdotally by the trend to send out more notices of action, or CF-29 forms, instead of informing importers of possible errors, according to trade experts speaking on a Nov. 20 webinar hosted by logistics company Expeditors.
Customs brokers that filed entries after tariff exemptions on agricultural products took retroactive effect on Nov. 13 should file corrections "as soon as possible," according to a Nov. 14 cargo systems message outlining guidance on the exemptions for agricultural products (see 2511140054).