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Sep 23, 2024
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has determined that importers who are Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) Trade Compliance partners, in good standing, may utilize a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) for the storage of goods subject to potential forced labor enforcement action.
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Sep 23, 2024
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) on Oct. 1 will regulate laundry detergents containing nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) as required by the California Safer Consumer Products regulations.
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Sep 23, 2024
A group of 200 trade associations, maritime and logistics services companies, ILWU, and other interested parties, including NCBFAA, urged Mayors Karen Bass of Los Angeles and Rex Richardson of Long Beach, California, in a Sept. 17 letter to oppose the adoption of a Port Indirect Source Rule (ISR) by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
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Sep 23, 2024
The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Los Angeles Field Office on Sept. 16 released a port procedure for the disposition of merchandise refused by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at the Harry Reid International Airport.
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Sep 23, 2024
A summary of the latest customs and cross-border trade regulatory updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Customs Counsel firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg.
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Sep 23, 2024
The freight forwarding and customs broker industry has been patiently waiting for language that can be shared to help clarify Established Business Relationships (EBRs). Governments are currently asking airlines to attest to their business relationships with forwarders, shippers, and other airfreight supply chain partners.
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Sep 16, 2024
According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), several carriers are arriving at the Port of Laredo’s World Trade Bridge and Colombia Solidarity Bridge without the mandated QR Code which impacts crossing/wait times.
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Sep 16, 2024
The USDA National Organics Program will begin hard enforcement of the Organics regulation on Sept. 19. Entries for organic products submitted on that date must have an Organic Import Certificate issued by a USDA-accredited certifier and both the importer and exporter must be certified.
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Sep 16, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration on Friday, Sept. 13, announced that it’s taking new actions to address what it says is a “significant increased abuse of the de minimis exemption, in particular China-founded e-commerce platforms" and will implement new rules to more effectively "target and block" illicit shipments.
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Sep 16, 2024
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has developed a non-exhaustive list of unacceptable vs. acceptable cargo descriptions.
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