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Timothy Warren is Executive Managing Editor of Communications Daily. He previously led the International Trade Today editorial team from the time it was purchased by Warren Communications News in 2012 through the launch of Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. Tim is a 2005 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids.
International Trade Today is providing readers with the top 20 stories published in 2021 in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference numbers.
The Treasury Department published its fall 2021 regulatory agenda for CBP. The agenda includes a new mention of an interim final rule to implement some major provisions of the USMCA. The agency seems to have missed the listed target date of November 2021 for the interim final rule.
International Trade Today is providing readers with the top stories from last week in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
Changes to the U.S. tariff schedule that implement an update to the World Customs Organization's Harmonized System tariff nomenclature (see 2112230046) are set to take effect Jan. 27, according to the presidential proclamation set for publication in the Federal Register Dec. 28. The full list of coming changes, along with descriptions, is in a newly released report from the International Trade Commission on modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S.
International Trade Today is providing readers with the top stories from last week in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
CBP issued a withhold release order on disposable gloves “produced in Malaysia by Brightway Holdings Sdn Bhd, Biopro (M) Sdn Bhd, and Biopro (M) Sdn Bhd (collectively, Brightway Group)," the agency said in a news release Dec. 20. Brightway is one of several Malaysian companies named in recent forced labor allegations by Andy Hall, a British human rights activist (see 2105240022). “Forced Labor is a human rights abuse inflicted upon 25 million people worldwide,” CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said. “CBP will not allow goods tainted with forced labor to make their way into American households and businesses.”
The White House is reviewing a draft proclamation about the five-year Harmonized Tariff Schedule update to implement changes to the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in a Dec. 20 email to members. "For the WCO HS2022 to be effective, a proclamation from the White House must be published in the Federal Register," the trade group said. "These new tariff changes will then go into effect 30 days following publication. We have learned that a draft proclamation has been provided to the White House for review." CBP recently said the changes wouldn't take effect Jan. 1 and that it planned to continue to use the current HTS until more guidance is given (see 2112170068).
CBP authorized the release of most types of merchandise on or after Dec. 16 through Dec. 31 under Immediate Delivery (ID) procedures, it said in a CSMS message. Many entry filers make regular use of ID procedures for fresh fruits and vegetables and other merchandise from Mexico and Canada, etc.
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