Customs to Implement DHS Recommendations on E-Commerce Counterfeit Imports

Customs and Border Protection is expected to implement "a number of the recommendations” of a Department of Homeland Security report on preventing counterfeit imports through e-commerce shipments “as quickly as possible," said Brenda Smith, executive assistant commissioner of CBP Office of Trade. The Jan. 24 report includes some actions CBP could take immediately, while others might require a regulatory process, she told our affiliate, International Trade Today. “We are pretty comfortable that we've got a head start on many of those recommendations through” the ongoing Section 321 and Type 86 pilots that are focused on small value shipments, she said last week. DHS recommends “a statutory change to explicitly permit the government to seek injunctive relief against third-party marketplaces and other intermediaries dealing in counterfeit merchandise,” said the report.