Reps. Garret Graves, R-La., and Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, asked the administration to halt the import of shrimp from India, following an exposé of labor violations in Indian shrimp processing facilities. The two said the report also showed "severe food and safety issues" with the shrimp. The report didn't at all focus on food safety, only glancingly mentioning that shrimp can be overtreated with antibiotics in India.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 26, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP has released its March 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 12), which includes the following ruling actions:
The Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism e-commerce fulfillment center certification likely will be available in FY 2025, said Bryant Van Buskirk, director of the Los Angeles CTPAT office, during a CBP Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security Summit on March 27. Van Buskirk said that CBP had hoped to be open to having e-commerce businesses participating at the end of FY 2024 (see 2304190029), but because of challenges in the "automation component," the release is likely to be pushed until the following fiscal year.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that the "de minimis exception" impacts CBP's work to stop illegal drugs and other contraband from entering the United States.
PHILADELPHIA -- With the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act's second anniversary coming up in June, DHS will be releasing a new implementation strategy -- including adding new priority sectors, beyond cotton, tomatoes and polysilicon, the material integral to solar panels.
PHILADELPHIA -- When CBP ran an audit to estimate how many packages that enter under de minimis violate Customs laws, it found about 9% did, either through misclassification, insufficient documentation, or more serious violations, like smuggling narcotics.
CBP named Marty Raybon its new director of field operations for CBP's Detroit Field Office, the agency announced on March 25. Raybon will now be responsible for overseeing the Ambassador Bridge, the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Detroit Metropolitan Airport, the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, and the forthcoming Gordie Howe International Bridge, the agency said. Prior to this assignment, Raybon served as the executive director for CBP’s National Targeting Center.