The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a public meeting on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Proposed Rules on foreign Supplier Verfication Programs and the Accreditation of Third-Party Auditors/Certification Bodies. The meeting will be held on Oct. 22, 2013 at …
Effective September 3, 2013, GSP treatment of all goods of Bangladesh origin is suspended due to concerns about worker rights and worker safety. As of Sept. 3, imports of GSP-eligible goods from Bangladesh will be subject to most-favored-nation duty rates. For …
ALL IMPORTERS – We have recently been experiencing some issues with entries where the manufacturer of the product is different than the seller of the product. The manufacturer was not stated on the commercial invoice and therefore not transmitted to …
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is set to expire on July 31, 2013. The GSP provides duty free treatment to certain commodities from many countries – the Philippines, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia, India, and many others. At this time, there …
We have been notified that Customs and Border Protection will begin full enforcement of ISF on July 9, 2013. As of that date, CBP will start issuing liquidated damages against ISF importers for ISF non-compliance. Please advise your shippers that the …
The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced preliminary countervailing duty (CVD) rates on frozen warm water shrimp from 7 countries – China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Ecuador and Indonesia have escaped without any collectable duties while CVD rates …
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ended its ban on overtime clearances and inspections. Requests for overtime inspection services will be accommodated to the maximum extent possible in order to protect wildlife and reduce the burden on the trading community. …
As a follow-up to our E-Blast of Friday, 3/08, the following is a notice received today from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Subject: Effects of the Sequester on Overtime Clearances Background: Funding cuts related to the Federal budget sequestration that …
We have been notified by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that, due to budgetary restraints, as of 3/11/2013, they will no longer be available to inspect or clear overtime shipments. For our airfreight importers, overtime shipments include those which arrive …
Without preventive action from Congress, sequestration cuts to the federal budget will go into effect on March 1, 2013. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be expected to cut $754 million from its budget during this fiscal year. CBP plans …
