CBP at Miami International Airport will no long send paper information bulletins, CBP said in an information bulletin. As of Jan. 31, all information bulletins will be sent over email, it said.
CBP seized about 128 pounds of cocaine found in a shipping container in Baltimore, the agency said. The commercial shipment of car parts came from Panama, said CBP. CBP inspected of the container using non-intrusive imaging technologies and found anomalies in the shipment, it said. CBP then found two gym bags with 50 bricks of cocaine, said CBP.
An importer of antiques may rely on insurance value as an appraisal method only for antiques that are imported but go unsold in the U.S., the agency said in a Nov. 14 ruling that was recently released. Lorin & Son, an antiques dealer in the U.S., asked CBP to rule on how it should appraise imported antiques under three scenarios, suggesting the use of insurance value as the fallback appraisal method for Lorin's imports. CBP allows for a "fallback method" appraisal for imports that cannot be appraised under the other methods. Jennifer Díaz, a lawyer with Becker & Poliakoff, represented the company in its ruling request.
Susan Kohn Ross, who heads the Mitchell Silberberg trade law practice, was named Chair of the District Export Council of Southern California, the firm said in a press release.
Liberty Mutual hired Viji Rangaswami as vice president of federal affairs in the company's Washington office, it said in a press release. Rangaswami was the chief trade lawyer for the Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee before stepping down last year (see 12092103).
Full Circle Compliance hired Jim Bartlett as a partner, the company said in a press release. Bartlett, who was senior counsel, Export/Import Law at Northrop Grumman, left the company to start his own firm. Bartlett will continue to publish his update through Full Circle and will maintain his law firm, Law Office of James E. Bartlett III, the company said.
The Expeditors International Board of Directors chose Jeffery Musser, the company's chief information officer, as CEO of the company, it said in a press release. Musser will replace Peter Rose, who will step down March 1 (see 13100806).
International Trade Today won't be published on Wednesday, Dec. 25, due to the Christmas holiday. Our next issue will be Thurs., Dec. 26.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will host a Jan. 13 "listening session" on the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act provisions that require "knowledge testing" of affected parties. MAP-21, which requires the licensing and bonding of freight forwarders and property brokers, requires "the assessment of applicants’ knowledge of regulations and industry practices for persons seeking registration authority as motor carriers (property, passenger, and household goods (HHG), freight forwarders and brokers," the agency said. The listening session, to be held in Nashville, Tenn., is the first in a series"through which the Agency will request information from interested parties concerning potential test topics, the relationship between the knowledge testing requirement and the Agency’s Unified Registration System (URS) program, and test development and delivery," it said.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) sought comments on two requests for exemptions to the bonding requirements issued by the agency as part of the implementation of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The exemption requests come from the Association of Independent Property Brokers and Agents (AIPBA) and International Association of Movers (IAM).