CBP's new Forced Labor Allegation Portal and Forced Labor Portal will consolidate the information collection of potential forced labor violations into one centralized location, "increasing efficiency and reducing the burden of collection to both CBP and the public," the agency said in a notice seeking comments as it prepares to submit the information collection to the Office of Management and Budget.
Effectively immediately, CBP no longer will detain disposable gloves produced by Malaysian company Brightway Holding at U.S. ports of entry because that company has been able to prove that its gloves were not made using forced labor.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 9, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
Starting Nov. 7, CBP will deploy a validation in ACE that will reject truck manifests filed with an Estimated Date of Arrival (EDA) greater than 270 days, according to an Oct. 10 cargo systems message. Filers can expect a “050” error to be returned in those cases, CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 8, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP's Norfolk office has seized over $450,000 in dental supplies lacking country of origin markings, the agency announced Oct. 7. CBP officers seized the most recent shipment Sept. 17. It consisted of nearly 2 million prophy angle cups, and over 1.6 million dental tray covers, assessed at $419,211. Another shipment consisted of nearly 1.8 million dental bibs valued at $35,980 and was seized Aug. 26. Both shipments were headed to the same Baltimore address. “Consumers have the right, under U.S. law, to know where the products they are purchasing are sourced,” said Mark Laria, CBP’s area port director for Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 7, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: