CBP Los Angeles will hold a trade forum on Sept. 25, rescheduled from Sept. 12, to discuss planned updates to CBP's and the Food and Drug Administration's refusal/redelivery process, it said in a public notice. Topics will include FDA exams and entry review, exports and destructions, the new CBP/FDA joint redelivery process, and CBP's refund and cancellation policy, said the notice. Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the public notice.
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The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) started offering training on antidumping evasion around the country in field offices to help keep investigators informed on the issue, said Lev Kubiak, director of the IPR Center. Kubiak spoke at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America Government Affairs Conference Sept. 10. Kubiak said both government and industry presenters are providing the training. The IPR Center is also making an effort to improve post-investigative analysis, he said. The center is getting about 270 leads per month, with about 50 of those legitimate, he said.
CBP updated its contact information page for the Automotive and Aerospace Center for Excellence and Expertise, which opened Sept. 4 in Detroit. To initiate an inquiry, email CEE-Pharmaceuticals@cbp.dhs.gov or CEE-Chemicals@cbp.dhs.gov or by phone at: (646) 733-5111 Monday through Friday (8:00 am to 4:30 pm) Eastern Time. CBP recently provided similar information for other CEEs. The Pharmaceutical CEE page is (here). The Electronics CEE page is (here).
CBP New York will hold a "Role of the Broker" roundtable on Sept. 27, not Sept. 18 as previously announced, focusing on the rewrite of 19 CFR Part 111 broker regulations, it said in an informational pipeline. The event will take place from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at 1100 Raymond Boulevard, Newark, NJ, 07102. Elena Ryan, CBP Acting Director of Trade Facilitation and Administration was previously scheduled to attend and discuss several topics, including continuing education, bona fides and broker permitting, though she's not named in the new notice. Registration for the free event is (here). Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the new notice.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) should conduct an "immediate review" of the Australian Export Meat Inspection System (AEMIS), said Food and Water Watch, a food safety consumer advocacy group, in a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. The review is necessary after two Australian meat companies using the system were recently delisted by the Food Safety and Inspection Service as being eligible to export their products into the U.S. as a result of food safety violations, the group said. Lobethal Australian and GBP Australia were delisted this summer (here). USDA should no longer treat the AEMIS as an equivalent inspection system and should stop consideration of a privatized inspection model in the U.S., said the group.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP updated the fax number for the Port of Charlotte, N.C., it said in a CSMS message. Going forward, all entry correction, cancellation or deletion requests and all split airway bill shipment worksheets should be faxed to the Entry Division at 704-329-6107.
Sept. 9 NCBFAA board, Transportation Committee, and Customs Committee meet, Washington Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. -- http://www.ncbfaa.org/Scripts/4Disapi.dll/4DCGI/cms/review.html?Action=CMS_Document&DocID=12746&Time=-220982284&MenuKey=about
CBP is requesting comments by Oct. 10 on its collection of the information on the Importer ID Input Record (CBP form 5106), allowing for an additional 30 days for comment. CBP is proposing to extend this information collection, with an increase to the estimated burden hours because of revised estimates of the number of respondents (burden hours to increase from 1,000 to 75,000) and the amount of time required to complete the form (from 6 to 15 minutes).
The U.S. Department of Labor "does not believe formal consultations are needed" in response to claims that the Peruvian government wasn't living up to labor provisions of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA), it said in an Aug. 30 report on the allegations. The review was initiated in response to allegations that the Government of Peru violated the PTPA Labor Chapter by failing to comply with the legal requirements for collective bargaining by denying the union’s request to submit their dispute to arbitration after a prolonged negotiation and conciliation process has failed to resolve the dispute. It was filed in December 2010 by a Peruvian union, the Sindicato Nacional de Unidad de Trabajadores de Superintendencia Nacional de Administración Tributaria.