On July 26, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will phase out its Plants for Planting and Treatment manuals, and will relocate information on import requirements found in the manuals to its Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements database, APHIS said July 29. The manuals will still be available to APHIS and CBP staff on an “internal website” until April 1, and will be updated “as needed.” After that date, “the manuals will be available for reference only,” APHIS said. Training and outreach materials to help new ACIR users are available on the APHIS website.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on July 29:
Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., looking forward to the opportunity to rewrite tax laws next year as the Trump-era tax cuts expire, recently told a tax reporter at Punchbowl News that he will be pushing a carbon border adjustment tax, what he calls a "foreign pollution fee." He said it would make American production more cost competitive and help "our balance of trade" (see 2311030006).
Senate appropriators marked up a bill that would spend $2 million more a year on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and $4.1 million more on the International Trade Commission, in each case matching the president's budget request.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website July 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 issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
African journalists asked Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Constance Hamilton and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of African Affairs Joy Basu if their countries would stay in or return to the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
The Federal Maritime Commission continues to consider a request to delay its new final rule on demurrage and detention billing requirements, said Rich Roche, who chairs the Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier Subcommittee of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America.
Canadian traders should prepare for increased scrutiny from the country’s customs agents for a range of imports in the coming months, and should consider conducting an “internal compliance review” to make sure they’re complying with all duties and trade laws, Baker McKenzie said in a July 25 client alert.