CSMS # 57200992 – Movement of Forced Labor Detained Cargo for Storage
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
April 17, 2023 News Release 22-035 Inv. No(s). 332-589 Contact: Jennifer Andberg, 202-205-1819 USITC RELEASES REPORT CONCERNING THE AGOA PROGRAM AND ITS IMPACT ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKERS The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today released its report African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Program Usage, Trends, and Sectoral Highlights (Inv. No. 332-589). […]
CSMS # 55844950 – Revised Guidance: Processing Approved Section 232 Product Exclusions The purpose of this message is to provide updated guidance on processing approved Section 232 product exclusions. BACKGROUND: On March 19, 2018, the Department of Commerce (DOC) published in the Federal Register (FR) the process for parties to submit requests for product exclusions […]
On April 10th 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a new guidance document containing best practices for customs brokers on how to prepare for and respond to a cyber-attack. The new resource makes recommendations on how to prevent, respond to, and recover from potential cyber-attacks on customs broker data systems, from proactively putting […]
Informational Pipeline No. 23-012-NWK – Current Port of New York/Newark CES Locations
On March 27, 2023, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) announced the suspension of all commercial trade in CITES species to/from Mexico, effective immediately. The U.S. Endangered Species Act prohibits trade in specimens contrary to CITES, including the import, export, and re-export of any CITES species subject […]