For those of you that showed interest in FDA’s VQIP program, FDA announced that they will be extending the application period until July 31. 2020. You can find the benefits of the program in the “Voluntary Qualified Importer Program” link …

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Important Information about APHIS Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Import Permits ________________________________________ CSMS#42457318 was sent out April 22, 2020 announcing the important information about APHIS Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Import Permits: “APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine is excited to announce that, …

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Revocation of GSP Eligibility for Thailand-sourced goods slated for April 25, 2020 The U.S. Trade Representative is scheduled to revoke Generalized System of Preferences (“GSP”) eligibility for about one-third of otherwise eligible goods from Thailand, starting on April 25, 2020. …

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  APHIS Implementing Phase Six of the Lacey Act, Scheduled to go into Effect on October 1, 2020 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the implementation of phase six of the Lacey …

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CSMS#18-000465 announced pursuant to the General Notice (83 FRN 37509) published August 1, 2018, various changes to user fees within the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1985 will take effect on October 1, 2018.   The Federal Register …

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In the latest CBP’s Cargo Systems Messaging Service notice (CSMS #18-000484),  immediate import restrictions on shrimp, curvina, sierra and chano fish and fish products harvested by gillnets in the upper Gulf of California within the vaquita’s geographic range have been …

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