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CBP LA Warns Against Gateout Violations
May 5, 2016 |Customs

CBP continues to have a zero tolerance policy against "gateout" containers and cargo, said the CBP's Los Angeles field office in a public bulletin. The agency considers "gateout" to be "allowing a container/cargo that has been targeted by CBP for terrorism or enforcement inspection to be released without authorization from CBP," it said. CBP directed the bulletin to vessel carriers, non-vessel operating common carriers and marine terminal operators. There continue to be instances of gateout violations and "civil monetary penalties are being assessed for each gateout incident against all culpable parties and mitigated based on strengthened guidelines," CBP said. "Enforcement activities" may also be "conducted against the violator, including stationing CBP Officers at terminal exit points to ensure compliance with CBP policy," it said.

CBP Pilot to Test ACE for FWS Data
May 4, 2016 |Customs

CBP will pilot the use of ACE for Fish and Wildlife Service import and export data submissions, CBP said in a notice (here). Importing wildlife and commodities containing wildlife requires a “Declaration for Importation or Exportation of Fish or Wildlife” (FWS Form 3-177), "as well as any required original permits or certificates and copies of any other documents required under the FWS regulations," said CBP. FWS allows for electronic filing through its "eDecs" system, which will be replaced by ACE for pilot participants, said CBP. Within the test, the declaration data and other documents will be sent to ACE through the Partner Government Agency Message Set and the Document Image System, said CBP. "ACE will send the data and electronic documents to FWS for processing," which means "test participants must use ACE rather than eDecs to electronically transmit the data in the Declaration and any documents normally transmitted through eDecs," CBP said.

New CBP Trade Enforcement Task Force to Take on AD/CV Duty Evasion, Forced Labor Shipments
May 3, 2016 |Customs

A Trade Enforcement Task Force within CBP's Office of Trade will allow the agency to better focus on antidumping and countervailing duty evasion and stopping products manufactured using forced labor, said CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske during a conference held by metal trade associations on May 2 (here). "The task force will allow us to more aggressively enforce the approximately 270 AD/CVD orders on steel, alloy, and other metal products -- 150 on steel products alone," he said at the joint meeting of the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Metals Service Center Institute. "The CBP task force will harness the agency’s collective trade enforcement expertise as a focal point for coordination with other government agency partners," said the agency in a separate news release (here).

Topics:Forced Labor