CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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Noah Garfinkel, Assistant Editor, is a reporter for International Trade Today. Noah joined Warren Communication News in early 2023 covering customs, the Federal Maritime Commission and export controls. Noah’s background is in breaking news, reporting and research. Noah most recently worked for a year with Axios as a part of a fellowship program. Noah is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A. in History.
CBP in September identified 259 shipments valued at more than $102 million for further examination based on the suspected use of forced labor, including goods subject to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and withhold release orders, the agency said in its most recent operational statistics update. The value of those shipments is up from August, when CBP identified 320 shipments worth more than $68 million (see 2309250036). Also in September, CBP seized 1,658 shipments that contained counterfeit goods valued at more than $280 million if the items had been genuine, the agency said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP has released its Oct. 18 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 38). While it contains recent court decisions, no customs rulings are included.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Kharon signed a contract with CBP that will give CBP enforcement officers and investigators "access" to Kharon's "global risk analytics" platform, Kharon said in a news release Oct. 18. The CBP's use of the platform will assist the agency with its "investigations that focus on the networks of foreign actors tied to forced labor and other security threats," Kharon said. CBP did not immediately respond to our request for comment.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Katrin Kuhlmann, a visiting professor of law at Georgetown University, and Devi Ariyani, the executive director of the Indonesia Service Dialogue Council, both said they hope the World Trade Organization's moratorium on e-commerce duties is extended, during a Peterson Institute for International Economics event on Oct. 18. Although the moratorium has been regularly extended since 1998, a few countries are preparing to introduce tariffs on digitally transferred goods before the moratorium's expiration in March 2024, Cecilia Malmström, a nonresident senior fellow at PIIE, said at the event.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) ended its 100% truck inspections at midnight Oct. 13 for "certain ports of entry" on the southern border, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in an Oct. 16 email. The inspections affected the "Laredo-Colombia Solidarity Bridge, as well as the ports of Ysleta and Marcelino Serna, and the Bridge of the Americas." The inspections began Oct. 12 (see 2310120058). The inspections also included the Tornillo Port (see 2310130059).