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Consolidated online orders of goods that fall under the de minimis value threshold and are sent directly to the consumer are eligible for Section 321 exemptions, CBP said in a July 26 ruling. Unlike situations in which commercial shipments of low-value products are sent to a retailer to be put up for sale (see 1707310053), CBP allows for duty-free entry of grouped orders addressed to the end customer, CBP said. The ruling request involved e-commerce orders of merchandise through Zara.com and Fashion Retail, a Spanish company that handles shipments of the orders, CBP said.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet Aug. 23 in San Diego, CBP said in a notice.
The aggregate value limit of $800 per day for informal entry and duty-free treatment for commercial shipments covers retailers, rather than end-purchasers, CBP said in a July 19 ruling, HQ H275530. The ruling followed a request from Arkel about the company's ability to ship bike parts under the de minimis value to be stocked by retail stores in the U.S. Section 321 allows for importations under the de minimis value to enter duty free and with less processing by the government.
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The Trump administration in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation will push for "disciplines on the use of customs brokers," for Canada and Mexico to raise their de minimis levels, and to eliminate the binational dispute settlement process for challenging duties, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in its renegotiation objectives released July 17 (here). Another objective is to provide for streamlined and expedited customs treatment for express shipments, including for shipments valued over the de minimis threshold.
Several senators submitted preferences for the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative leading up to the agency’s expected July 17 release of negotiating objectives for the agreement. Among the requests was a push for increased Canadian and Mexican de minimis thresholds. Others in separate letters to the USTR said NAFTA should address digital commerce and agricultural issues in North American trade.
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The Food and Drug Administration updated a 1994 notice that identified categories of products that can be released by CBP without FDA notification when under the de minimis value (Section 321) to reflect some recent changes, the agency said in a CSMS message (here). While the FDA already updated a regulatory procedural manual after the CBP de minimis threshold was increased from $200 to $800 (here), that 1994 notice was due for an update, it said. "Based on conversations with stakeholders, FDA reporting requirements for de minimis shipments were unclear given FDA’s legacy CSMS messages on such low value shipments," it said.