Logistics provider Your Special Delivery Services Specialty Logistics (YSDS) doesn't meet the criteria to act as the importer of record on a shipment, CBP said in a recent ruling. While the company would have a lien on shipments that it could exercise in the event of nonpayment, that doesn't qualify as enough of a financial interest in the shipment to give it the right to make entry, the agency said.
A Federal Maritime Commission hearing on the current conditions in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden will be held Feb. 7 and, if necessary, continue Feb. 8, according to a Federal Register notice. Those who want to testify or submit written testimony must email the FMC secretary before Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. EST, the notice said. The hearing, beginning at 10 a.m., will be held at the Surface Transportation Board in Washington, D.C.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 23 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
On Jan. 22, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Jan. 23:
U.S. companies can temporarily import certain controlled firearms they previously exported to Ukraine in order to service or repair them, the Bureau of Industry and Security clarified as part of a broader Russia-related final rule released Jan. 23. BIS said those firearms can be temporarily imported under License Exception RPL (Replacement of Parts and Equipment) as long as they were originally exported under a BIS license.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative notified CBP that liquidation can resume for goods imported from the Autoliv Steering Wheels facility in El Marques, Mexico.
A bipartisan letter from 10 senators urges the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to work on a process to expand the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP), including by setting clearer criteria for determining which species are covered by SIMP and adding forced labor as a factor.
The following lawsuit was filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 15-21.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: