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Many Importers to Enjoy Reduced Duties Under Manufacturing Enhancement Act
by ITCC Treasurer Tom Keating & Nicole Frangella |
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| The United States Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010, (“Act”) also known as H.R. 4380 which temporarily modifies certain import duty rates was signed by President Obama on August 11, 2010. The Act was introduced in December 2009, passed in the House of Representatives on July 21, 2010, and in the Senate on July 27, 2010. OpenCongress, http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4380/show (last visited August 20, 2010). This Act imposes new duty rate suspensions and reductions and extends existin...full article |
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Two Arrested in Plot to Import Tainted Chinese Honey
by Associated Press |
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CHICAGO - Two executives of a German-based company have been arrested on federal charges of conspiring to import honey from China contaminated with an illegal antibiotic, authorities said Tuesday.
Prosecutors issued a statement saying the honey was falsely labeled as coming from countries including Russia and Ukraine to avoid paying antidumping duties slapped on Chinese honey. It also contained an antibiotic that is not approved for use in food-producing animals, including bees.
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Customs Quick Response Audits: How an Importer Can Be Prepared
by Robert E. Burke, ITCC Board of Directors |
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| The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Office of Strategic Trade, is using a new audit method that should be of interest to all importers. This is the Quick Response Audit ("QRA") that Customs announced earlier this year...to read customs expert and Barnes Richardson & Colburn attorney Robert Burke's article on the topic, go to http://www.itcc.org/images/board/CustomsQuickResponseAudits.pdf...full article |
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Report on the new C-TPAT requirements
by Barnes Richardson & Colburn |
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Customs Hardens C-TPAT
Customs is increasing the requirements for C-TPAT participation. C-TPAT participants must now conduct a "comprehensive assessment" of their international supply chains and must "ensure that pertinent security measures are in place and adhered to throughout their supply chain." Customs now expects C-TPAT participants to do a risk assessment of their business partners, and periodically review the processes and facilities based on that risk assessment.
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US, EU to Enhance Container Security
by U.S. Department of State news release |
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New measures designed to prevent, deter terrorist exploitation
The United States and the European Union (EU) agreed on November 16 to adopt new measures aimed at strengthening the security of cargo containers moving through seaports in order to prevent and deter terrorist exploitation.
Robert Bonner, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said some of the new measures include posting EU customs officers at the CBP National Targeting Center in Reston, Virginia; the...full article |
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CTPAT: Global Trade in the Fast Lane
by Maribeth Vander Weele, Vander Weele Group LLC |
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Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge has echoed a constant refrain: if the private sector does not voluntarily partner with government to secure the homeland, Congress will make its participation mandatory reports Vander Weele Group president and ITCC member Maribeth Vander Weele.
Supply chain security emerged as a key focus of the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to secure American borders – and many members of the international...full article |
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U.S. Agrees To Provide Import Value Data to Mexico
by Robert Burke, Barnes Richardson & Colburn |
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ITCC board director and Barnes Richardson & Colburn partner Bob Burke (www.barnesrichardson.com) directs the attention of import managers to the April announcement of an agreement reached between CBP and the Department of Commerce to provide certain export validation information to the Mexican government for mutual purposes relating to revenue fraud. The following Press Release and Trade Report were issued by CBP's Office of Trade Relations on April 7, 2004.
The notice indicates that anomalie...full article |
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| New Federal Requirements for Food Importers and Food Facilities |
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Nearly 20% of all imports into the U.S. are food and food products. In 2002 Congress passed the Bioterrorism Act as a part of its ongoing effort to combat terrorism - in this instance, by reducing the ability for international terrorists to carry out terrorist attacks in the U.S. by contaminating imported foods.
The Act requires that FDA receive prior notice before food is imported or offered for import into the Unites States. Advance notice of import shipments allows FDA, with the support of t...full article |
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