The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee for CBP holds its next quarterly meeting Dec. 11 remotely and in person in Washington, D.C., at 1 p.m. EST, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due by Dec. 6.
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Customs brokers expressed concern about a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada and a 10% additional tariff on China that President-elect Donald Trump announced in a Nov. 25 Truth Social post, citing uncertainties about how U.S. importers would be able to afford bond stacking and if they would be liable financially for the imports, among other issues.
More than 30 organizations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, asked House and Senate leadership to hold a vote on the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program during the lame duck session next month.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A New York resident brought a complaint to the Court of International Trade Nov. 21 saying that several questions on CBP’s customs broker exam were unfairly ambiguous, conflicting or lacking essential information, resulting in his failure to pass it (Shuangyang Li v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CIT # 24-00205).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Customs brokers must pay the annual permit user fee for FY 2025 by the end of January, CBP said in a notice. The $180.57 fee is due no later than Jan. 31. Failure to pay the fee results in the revocation of the customs broker license, CBP said. The agency assesses the fee for each permit held by a customs broker, whether an individual, partnership, association or corporation.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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