CBP plans to issue a Federal Register notice in coming months that will officially end the Importer Self-Assessment program and fully launch the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Trade Compliance program, said Amy Hatfield, a trade compliance program manager within the CTPAT office. The notice will also end the pilot version of CTPAT Trade Compliance, said Hatfield, speaking virtually Aug. 4 during a CBP Detroit Trade Week event. Currently, the Trade Compliance program membership is made up only of former ISA members, she said.
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CBP issued a withhold release order for imported “seafood harvested by the Hangton No. 112, a Fijian flagged and owned fishing vessel,” CBP said in a news release. Effective Aug. 4, CBP will stop seafood from the vessel at all U.S. ports of entry, it said.
CBP is planning to extend the ongoing Section 321 data collection pilot for low-value shipments and expand it to more participants while the agency continues to work on a proposal to require new mandatory data elements (see 2101290033), said Jim Swanson, CBP director-cargo and conveyance security and controls, who was speaking virtually during a CBP Detroit Trade Week event Aug. 3. "We think we need to expand that out, get more participation in it, get people used to the idea they have to collect this additional information, because the big effort that we're working on is regulations that will mandate that level of information," he said.
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CBP recently posted answers to a set of frequently asked questions about the withhold release order aimed at silica-based products from China. The June 24 WRO applies to silicon produced by Hoshine Silicon Industry, a company located in China's Xinjiang province, and its subsidiaries (see 2106240062). The FAQs add some more details for how CBP will be administering the WRO.
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Federal regulations don't prohibit the use of electronic signatures for a customs broker power of attorney, but some state regulations governing agency relationships may, CBP told the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America in a July 16 ruling posted by the NCBFAA. Sandler Travis lawyer Lenny Feldman requested a ruling from CBP on behalf of the NCBFAA on the validity of electronically signed POAs. CBP previously said it was working on the issue (see 2103040012).
The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America is backing CBP's proposed use of Part 102 marking rules to determine the country of origin for non-preferential claims under USMCA (see 2107010045), the trade group said in a July 27 email. CBP proposes to use NAFTA's Part 102 tariff shift marking rules for determining country of origin for non-preferential USMCA claims and government procurement. Some have wondered whether the proposal will prove to be controversial (see 2107070011 and 2107080040).
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