Posts tagged with 'Expeditors'

On April 21, 2017 the Customs Broker Center of the Republic of Argentina published an informative note regarding the 4th Meeting of the Bilateral Trade and Production Commission, which discussed the status of the online Certificate of Digital Origin (COD). Argentina and Brazil both agreed to end the Pilot Plan for the COD and move […]
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2016-10-05, Transport Canada has announced that regulatory changes to the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations 2012 will be effective 17 October 2016. These changes include enhancements to the Transport Canada Air Cargo Security Program including two new participant categories for shippers (Known or Account Consignor) and new requirements for cargo moving on passenger aircrafts. Under the […]
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On October 14, 2016 the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) released News Release 16-131 announcing that USITC will now be accepting Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) petitions in accordance with the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 (AMCA). A petition can be filed in the MTB Petition System (MTBPS) portal on the USITC website if […]
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On October 14, 2016 the White House issued a Presidential Policy Directive that outlines a series of actions to assist in the normalization of trade with Cuba. Additionally the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued Federal Register Notices (FRN) that also address current trade and financial […]
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On October 13, 2016 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #16-000889 announcing that the AESDirect application will be updated to enhance functionality while integrating Partner Government Agency (PGA) requirements. According to the CSMS, the enhancements will include: Shipment Manager will show both the user who created or last took […]
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2016-10-11, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published an announcement on the FDA website, reminding the trade that food facilities required to register with the FDA need to renew their registration during the period beginning October 1, 2016 and ending December 31, 2016. According to the announcement, “If a registration is not renewed […]
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On October 7, 2016 the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released remarks made by both the U.S. and EU Chief Negotiators, Dan Mullaney and Ignacio Garcia-Bercero at a press conference on the status of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP). In the statement Mullaney explains that, “We achieved forward movement in investment, state-to-state dispute […]
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On September 28, 2016 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updated the ACE Mandatory Use Dates page on the CBP website, announcing that the dates for the post-release capacity transition has been moved again from October 29, 2016 to tentatively January 2017. According to the notice, CBP decided, “to allow additional time for our trade […]
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On September 27, 2016 the International Trade Commission (Commission) posted interim rules on the process for issuing Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) duty suspension and reduction applications. These interim rules were posted on the newly established MTB Information page. According to the notice, “The new rules identify the types of entities that may file a petition, […]
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On September 23, 2016 United States International Trade Commission (USITC) issued News Release 16-122 announcing the completion of a U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) fact-finding report pertaining to proposed modifications to the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The proposed modifications, include allowing for use of additional non-originating rayon filament yarns in certain woven fabrics. According to […]
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