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Customs broker permit fee 2022
U. S. Customs and Border Protection has issued Federal Register Notice 86 FR 66573 establishing that the annual user fee that is assessed for each permit held by a broker, whether it be an individual, partnership, association or…
Read advisory →Important Advice on ISF Filings
The National Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) has been made aware of Importer Security Filings (ISF) which received liquidated damages that were issued because the HTS did not match between the ISF and…
Read advisory →Harmonized Tariff Schedule 2022
In January 2022, the WCO will launch the newest version of the Harmonized Tariff. Every five years the Harmonized system is reviewed and modified to take into account technology advances, new popular products that do not readily fit into…
Read advisory →Section 232 Tariffs have been lifted between the European Union the United States
On October 31, 2021 the US and the EU announced an agreement had been reached to lift the 25 percent on imports of steel from the EU and 10 percent on imports of aluminum from the EU. In exchange, the EU will eliminate their retalitory…
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African Growth and Opportunity Act Eligibility Review (AGOA)
Ambassador Katherine Tai issued a statement on November 2, 2021 indicating three countries would be terminated from the AGOA preference program as of January 1, 2022 unless their governments take the urgent action to meet the statutory…
Read advisory →CSMS #48938836 – COBRA User Fee Changes Effective October 1, 2021
The Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) ad valorem rate of 0.3464% will not change. The MPF minimum and maximum for formal entries (class code 499) will change. The minimum will change from $27.23 to $27.75; and the maximum will change from…
Read advisory →Customs publishes proposed rule for Customs Broker continuing education
Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the Customs regulations to require continuing education for individual customs broker license holders and to create a framework for administering this…
Read advisory →Section 301 Termination Date Schedule
Section 301 has been a topic of conversation since 2018 and can be confusing considering the several tranches and rounds that have been published.
Read advisory →CSMS #49120012 – Updated ACE Appendix PGA
An updated ACE Appendix PGA is now available. Two Affirmation of Compliance (AOC) codes were added (CAN and VFD).
Read advisory →Importers Should File Section 301 List 4A Actions for Duty Refunds
This list 4A actions follow numerous lawsuits already filed claiming the USTR exceeded its authority in assessing the additional tariffs. List 4A, valued at $116 billion, includes the following commodities:
Read advisory →Drawback transitions to Centers of Excellence and Expertise
The four drawback offices will be managed out of five CEEs and each center will manage two industries. Please see below for the details:
Read advisory →CSMS #49027239 - Change to Use of Designated Exam Site (DES) via Remote Location Filing
Filers who want to designate a DES under RLF will need to make entry at the port of discharge and not at the destination port.
Read advisory →FDA Adding Optional Affirmations of Compliance (AOC) to Animal Feed Processing Code
FDA is adding the following optional Affirmations of Compliance (AoC) to Program Code FOO (Food)/Processing Code FEE (Animal Feed):
Read advisory →APHIS announces phase six of The Lacey Act enforcement
Per the Federal Register in March 2020 ( 85 FR 17849-17850), phase six of the Lacey Act was to be enforced October 1, 2020. Comments were solicited until July 1, 2020. As a result of some of the concerns raised by the industry, the…
Read advisory →CBP issues update for Best Practices for CTPAT
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