Author Archives: Staff Writer

JFK Informational Pipeline 23-21 NWK: Port of New York/Newark Interim Memorandum of Understanding with Red Hook Container Terminals.

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION FIELD OPERATIONS, NEW YORK PORT OF NEW YORK/NEWARK INFORMATIONAL PIPELINE NO. 23-021 -NWK To: All, Importers, Carriers, Terminal Operators, CES Operators, Brokers and Others Concerned in the Trade Community SUBJECT: Port of New York/Newark Interim Memorandum of Understanding with Red Hook Container Terminals DATE: SEP 18 2023 REFERENCES: 19 C.F.R […]

JFK Informational Pipeline 23-20: Manifest and Cargo Delivery Violations/Penalties

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION FIELD OPERATIONS, NEW YORKPORT OF NEW YORK / NEWARK INFORMATIONAL PIPELINE NO. 23-020-NWK TO:Commercial Airlines, Maritime Partners, Customhouse Brokers, andOthers Concerned SUBJECT: Manifest and Cargo Delivery Violations/Penalties DATE:SEP 1 3 2023 BACKGROUND: The Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) Program went into effect on June 12, 2018, requiring the submission of […]

JFK Informational Pipeline 23-18: Notice of CES Applications Received for and Invitation to Submit Comments.

The purpose of this Public Bulletin is to apprise the public of applications received from potential operators for a new Centralized Examination Station (CES) in the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) environment and to invite comments thereon. BACKGROUND:On July 01, 2023, JFK issued a Public Bulletin 23-012-JFK announcing that applications for operating a CES […]

301 Exclusions Extended for China by the USTR

On September 6, 2023, in an as of yet unpublished Federal Register notice, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced its intention to extend the existing China 301 exclusions (otherwise scheduled to expire on September 30, 2023) until December 31, 2023. At issue are two sets of exclusions.  The first set consists of the […]

FDA Issues Second Procedural Notice on Consumer Research on Front-of-Package Labeling

Constituent Updates Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition  View on the FDA Website July 24, 2023  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will reopen the comment period for the 30-day procedural notice to conduct a study entitled “Quantitative Research on Front of Package Labeling on Packaged Foods” that appeared in the Federal Register on June […]

CBP’S COUNTER- SYNTHETIC DRUGS

INTRODUCTION Customs and Border Protection’s counter-synthetic drug operational strategy focuses on disrupting and dismantling Transnational Criminal Organizations’ (TCO) efforts to produce fentanyl and other synthetic drugs by going after the materials required to produce these deadly substances. Beginning in June 2023, CBP led a national coordinated, comprehensive, multi-agency operation targeting the synthetic drug flow and […]

CSMS # 56938140 – APHIS Announces ACE Messaging Changes to Cargo Destined for Plant Inspection Stations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) plant inspection stations (PIS) will begin rolling out the use of Entry Status Notifications (SO70) messages to communicate directly with filers, on August 7, 2023. The major focus of this implementation is to facilitate the inspection process by allowing APHIS officers to […]

Revised Port Truck Gate Schedule for Memorial Day Weekend 2023

Dear Users of OffPeak Gates, Terminals at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have announced schedules for the Memorial Day holiday weekend from Friday, May 26 to Monday, May 29, 2023. The schedule is posted below, and a PDF of the schedule can be downloaded by clicking here. The PierPASS/PortCheck Service Center will […]

Initiation of AD and CVD Investigations on Brass Rod from Multiple Countries

Cargo System Messaging Service Announcement of  Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations: Brass Rod from Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and South Africa  On May 17, 2023, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated its less-than-fair-value and countervailing duty investigations on “Brass Rod from Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, […]