EPA plans to amend a regulation for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by allowing certain exemptions to the scope of reporting PFAS, according to a Federal Register notice.
As companies navigate the increasingly complex U.S. trade landscape, companies should "shift left" and adjust their trade compliance strategies so that potential compliance issues are caught upstream in areas such as sales, procurement and development before hitting the duty filing stage, a software developer said at the International Compliance Professionals Association conference in Grapevine, Texas, on Oct. 27.
The Court of International Trade on Oct. 20 denied importer Detroit Axle's motion to lift the stay of its case contesting President Donald Trump's decision to end the de minimis threshold for goods from China. In a text-only order, the trade court said the company's motion for partial summary judgment is stayed pending resolution of V.O.S. Selections v. Donald J. Trump, the lead case on whether Trump can use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs, which is currently being briefed before the Supreme Court (Axle of Dearborn d/b/a Detroit Axle v. United States, CIT # 25-00091).
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- As increased trade enforcement, the federal government shutdown and efforts to hunt down counterfeit goods and illegal drugs dominate today’s headlines, so are these circumstances impacting the ports on the West Coast, according to panelists at last week’s Western Cargo Conference.
Sen. Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to defend his assessment that "adequate systems were in place to 'fully and expeditiously process and collect duties for articles otherwise eligible for duty-free de minimis treatment on a global basis'" by July 30.
Rep. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., said her home territory, along with Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, are facing shipping problems due to the end of de minimis, even though the Virgin Islands and those other territories aren't part of the Customs Zone.
The ACE certification environment has a new functionality that increases the maximum number of entry summaries on a statement from 2,000 to 9,999, CBP said in a recent cargo systems message.
The end of the de minimis exemption could favor larger importers that are able to handle the additional data requirements while maintaining fast deliveries to consumers, according to Vince Iacopella, president of trade and government relations for Alba Wheels Up.
DHL Global Forwarding is hiring over 200 more staff members as part of a broader effort to expand its U.S. customs operations, according to a statement from DHL Global Forwarding CEO Tim Robertson provided to International Trade Today by DHL.
As CBP winds down the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee in its current iteration (see 2507010077), the COAC's de minimis working group offered proposed recommendations to CBP to bolster entry processing in ACE amid the end of the de minimis exemption on Aug. 29. These recommendations include treating postal shipments similarly to how CBP handles low-value shipments via other transportation modes.