Baker & McKenzie hired Jonathan Poling as a partner in the firm's trade compliance practice in Washington. Poling previously worked as a trial lawyer in the Justice Department's National Security Division.
On July 17 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's web site as of July 18, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP recently posted revised versions of its informed compliance publications entitled "Hand Tool Sets Classified Within Subheadings 8205.90.00 and 8206.00.00" (here) and "Distinguishing Bolts from Screws" (here). CBP said there were no substantive changes made to the revised versions.
CBP posted its textile and apparel enforcement statistics through the first two quarters of fiscal year 2012. Textiles and apparel seized in the first two quarters for intellectual property rights violations fell about 30% from the same period in 2011. Total value of such IPR seizures fell by about 41%. The value of all types of commercial fraud penalty actions is well above the corresponding period in 2011, even though the number of 2012 actions is about half those in the first two quarters of 2011.
CBP released its July 13 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 29). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does list recent information collections and Court of International Trade decisions.
The Senate Finance Committee July 18 gave its approval to a modified Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion (ENFORCE) Act, S-1133, which would establish new procedures for investigating claims that foreign manufacturers are evading anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders to better enforce trade laws and prevent illegal imports. Text of the bill is (here). The legislation is part of the Congressional Democrats' "Make it in America" agenda, a push to add U.S. manufacturing jobs.
CBP mistakenly issued billings for additional merchandise processing fees (MPF) for some entry summaries with entry dates prior to Oct. 1, CBP said in a CSMS message July 17. Entry summaries with an entry date on or after Oct. 1, 2011, are subject to the MPF rate of 0.3464 percent.
On July 16 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: