DETROIT -- Cindy Allen, owner of consultancy firm Trade Force Multiplier, said she believes some of the initiatives in the 21st Century Customs Framework bills are useful -- such as simplifying CBP's process for seizures -- but that overall, the focus is too heavy on enforcement.
House Select Committee on China Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., proposes increasing tariffs on nearly all Chinese goods to at least 35% and raising tariffs on "strategic goods" to 100%, with exceptions only for goods that are currently sourced only from China.
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2415 on Nov. 13, containing 16,156 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 5,000 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. The update details 2024 cotton fee updates (see 2409130022). The HSU also reflects flagging updates to several HTS records, where the AM7 flag is being removed from 1,700 records involving organic products (see 2410170035). This removal process began Oct. 18, and another update message will indicate when the process is complete.
NEW YORK -- Brian Hoxie, director of CBP's Forced Labor Division, told an apparel industry conference audience this week that DHS has been hearing their pleas for more transparency in forced labor enforcement.
The Court of International Trade dismissed Byungmin Chae's second lawsuit challenging his results of the April 2018 customs broker license exam, finding that the suit is precluded by the Nebraska resident's first case challenging the test.
CBP has defined two dates for when the agency expects to deploy ACE enhancements related to steel melt and pour country reporting and when CBP hopes to implement Phase 3 of the Section 232 trade remedy on aluminum smelt, according to CBP's ACE development schedule for November.
CBP issued an Enforce and Protect Act determination, finding VY Industries evaded antidumping duties by transshipping wire coated coil nails from China through India, according to a recent agency notice.
In less than three months, President Donald Trump will be back in the White House, after a campaign during which he floated 10% or 20% tariffs on all countries except China, which would be hit with an additional 60 percentage points on top of current tariffs.
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The CBP has finally let customs brokers know how many continuing education (CE) credits they must earn and when they can start earning them so that they can maintain their broker licenses.