CBP in recent days posted draft ACE requirements and a trade information notice on its upcoming requirement for the Chinese postal code. As discussed in a recent ACE call (see 2210270064), the new data element will be required when China is selected as a manufacturer’s country of origin for an entry, or when China is the manufacturer’s country of origin on a new or updated manufacturer ID, CBP said in the trade information notice released Nov. 2.
Panelists from the three countries in the USMCA -- including the chief negotiator for Mexico in what became the USMCA -- said they expect, or hope for, the auto rules of origin to change four years from now, as part of the six-year review of the trade deal.
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CBP's plans for a new data element in ACE cargo release for the Chinese postal code are “on hold,” the agency said in a CSMS message Nov. 1. “The deployment for Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Region Alert is postponed until further notice,” CBP said. “The Office of Trade is actively working with impacted users to address concerns. A follow up CSMS message will be issued once a new deployment date is determined.”
Silicon wafers made from U.S.-origin polysilicon turned into ingots in Ukraine and finished in Belarus are products of Ukraine, according to an Oct. 17 CBP ruling. The doping process that creates a positive or negative current occurs in Ukraine, and imparts the essential character, CBP said in NY N328489.
Advocates for more effective policing of counterfeit goods are hopeful that the inclusion of the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces (Inform) for Consumers Act as an amendment to a must-pass defense bill will mean the proposal will become law before the end of the year.
CBP officials raised the prospect of an indefinite delay to their plans to add a new data element for the Chinese postal code to cargo release filings, after customs brokers and software developers raised concerns about the new requirement during a regular bi-weekly call to discuss ACE on Oct. 27.
The electric vehicle consumer tax incentivesmake it harder for Europe and the U.S. to find agreement on how to measure the carbon intensity in traded steel, and box out steel that was produced through non-economic overcapacity, argued Jennifer Safavian, CEO of Autos Drive America. Her trade group represents foreign-owned automakers with American operations (other than the European company that makes Jeeps and Chryslers).
CBP has released shipments targeted under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act based on “applicability," where the importer successfully proves the goods aren’t subject to the UFLPA because they aren’t connected to the Xinjiang region of China, a CBP official said. However, the agency has yet to see an attempt to prove goods subject to UFLPA aren’t made with forced labor, the official said.
U.S.-based MVM Logistics said major shipping line MSC violated the Shipping Act by failing to provide MVM with “adequate” time to return containers and charging per diem fees for delays MSC had caused. In a complaint this week to the Federal Maritime Commission, MVM said MSC charged it about $800,000 stemming from unfair fees and failed to "establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable regulations and practices relating to or connected with receiving, handling, storing, or delivering property."