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De minimis is a policy described in 19 U.S.C. 1321 that allows the import of low value articles duty and tax free, provided their aggregate fair retail value does not exceed $800 in the country from which the articles are imported.  Additionally, the articles must be imported by only one person on one day. The previous de minimis threshold was $200, but the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 increased it to $800. Increasing volumes of de minimis merchandise, along with enforcement concerns related to fentanyl and counterfeit merchandise, among other things, have prompted calls to restrict the pathway. De minimis goods may be cleared off manifest, or qualifying goods may be entered under the informal Type 86 entry type.

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CIT Amends Rules on Interrogatories, Physical Samples, AD/CVD Joint Appendix
September 26, 2016 |Penalties and Courts

The Court of International Trade on Sept. 21 approved changes to its rules governing interrogatories and a new form for filing physical samples as evidence, it said (here). Other changes would also encourage parties to antidumping and countervailing duty cases to file a single joint appendix containing the parts of the administrative records cited by all parties. The amendments take effect Oct. 3.

Topics:Court of International Trade
DEA Proposes Overhaul of Import/Export Regs, Would Require Electronic Filing of Permits, Declarations
September 15, 2016 |Top News

The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing changes to its regulations that would require electronic filing of permit applications, import and export declarations, and other required filings and reports for the importation and exportation of controlled substances, listed chemicals, and tableting and encapsulating machines. The agency’s proposed rule (here) would eliminate paper filing of most DEA-required submissions entirely, instead requiring importers and exporters to file via the DEA Office of Diversion Control “secure network application,” DEA said. DEA would then provide information to CBP “to validate importations subject to DEA regulations,” it said.