FORT LAUDERDALE -- Legislative proposals on customs modernization are getting a “lot of traction” in a “seriously divided” Congress, with bipartisan support and “some urgency to bring this matter to a close,” said AnnMarie Highsmith, CBP executive assistant commissioner for trade, in remarks at a conference June 14.
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Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently announced that it is accepting requests to participate in an upcoming “beta” pilot for “e-filing” of its PGA message set on certificate of compliance data. The agency will accept as many as 50 participants, with a subset of nine importers and brokers that will begin working with the agency early to develop the IT infrastructure necessary for pilot filing, it said in a June 10 final rule.
FORT LAUDERDALE -- With one week remaining, importers find themselves in the position of having to already comply with still unreleased policies as CBP begins enforcement of the rebuttable presumption under the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act, speakers said June 14 at a conference. The rebuttable presumption takes effect on June 21.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for June 8, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for June 1, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
Steel that was melted and poured in the U.K. prior to further processing in the EU will be eligible to enter under a new tariff rate quota for U.K. steel that begins June 1 in lieu of Section 232 steel tariffs, according to a proclamation issued by President Joe Biden May 31 alongside a similar proclamation establishing a TRQ for U.K. aluminum.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for May 25, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
FDA will extend until Sept. 6 the period for comments on its proposed rule on standards for licensing of third-party logistics providers and wholesale distributors under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), it said in a notice released May 23. Under the Feb. 3 proposal (see 2202030023), wholesale distributors and 3PLs must obtain a license for each of their facilities from the state in which they are located, or obtain a license from FDA if no state licensing scheme is in place. The proposal sets standards for state licensing requirements, preempting any that are more stringent or burdensome than outlined in the standards, and harmonizes requirements between states. Carriers engaged only in transportation would be exempt from licensing requirements.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for May 18, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
To address infant formula shortages caused by the closure of a major U.S. plant in February, FDA issued a guidance document May 16 detailing a new policy of enforcement discretion that will allow some imports of infant formula that don’t meet all regulatory requirements. The policy will remain in effect until Nov. 14, unless extended.