CBP to Begin New IPR Enforcement Effort for Express Carriers, COAC Posts Import Processing Map
CBP will take up an Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) recommendation hoped to simplify and improve intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement for the express consignment industry, the agency said in a document posted for the Oct. 7 meeting (here). CBP will provide a "proof of concept" to the UPS Louisville Port on Oct. 6, it said. "Through this process, CBP will offer the importer and U.S. ultimate consignee an abandonment option on detention notices for shipments detained by CBP on suspicion of trademark or copyright violations," said CBP's report on the IPR working group. "This change is expected to have a significant, yet positive impact on resources, as the express environment now accounts for more than half of all intellectual property rights seizures."
CBP also posted a lengthy report (here) from the One U.S. Government at the Border working group that maps the flow of "goods, data and documentation in a typical importation." While the report does not include specific recommendations due to major changes coming to the agency's automated systems, it does offer some "key learnings" and business realities. For instance, the report notes that business to consumer shipments are increasing to take advantage of internet opportunities and "non-resident Importers of Record are becoming more common as the global supply chain evolves." Additionally, importers prefer to see admissibility decisions made early, an understanding that data corrections do not indicate non-compliance and a recognition for "trusted or known" trades to expedite low-risk cargo.
CBP also said it expects to progress in regulatory changes for customs brokers through updates to CFR Parts 111 and 141. "A regulatory proposal for national permits is expected to be submitted to the Offices of Chief Counsel and Regulations & Rulings in October 2014 to begin the regulatory drafting process," said an agency report on "Role of the Broker" work (here). "Technical drafting work on Part 111 will continue throughout 2014."
Other documents include draft recommendations, and other documents on trade modernization, the global supply chain, trade enforcement and other topics. The draft agenda is (here).
Trade Enforcement and Revenue
- Trade Enforcement and Revenue Collection Subcommittee CBP IPR Report (here)
- Trade Enforcement and Revenue Collection Subcommittee CBP Antidumping/Countervailing Duties Report (here)
- Trade Enforcement and Revenue Collection Subcommittee Trade Executive Summary (here)
Trade Modernization
- Trade Modernization Subcommittee CBP Update (here)
- Trade Modernization Subcommittee Trade Executive Summary (here)
- Trade Modernization Subcommittee Work on 'Role of the Broker' CBP Update (here)
- Trade Modernization ACE-ITDS CBP Report (here)
- Trade Modernization Centers of Excellence and Expertise CBP Report (here)
Trusted Trader
- Trusted Trader Subcommittee CBP Report (here)
- Trusted Trader Subcommittee Trade Executive Summary (here)
Export
- Export Subcommittee CBP Report (here)
One Government at Border
- One U.S. Government at the Border Subcommittee CBP Report (here)
- One U.S. Government at the Border Subcommittee Trade Executive Summary (here)
- One U.S. Government at the Border ACE-ITDS Government Report (here)
- One U.S. Government at the Border BIEC Government Report (here)
- One US Government at the Border Trade FDA Working Group Findings and Recommendations (here)
- One US Government at the Border Trade Import Mapping Working Group Findings (here)
Global Supply Chain