It can be daunting to submit forced labor allegations in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) system. To ease the pressure on filers CBP has released two useful documents—a Recommended Guidelines for Submissions of Forced Labor Supporting Documents and a Forced Labor Allegation Submission Checklist. These resources will help clarify details of what information…
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has announced new Russia-related export controls, including actions that increase its Russian and Belarusian Industry Sector Sanctions, extend its foreign direct product rule restrictions, and add 71 new entities to the Entity List. Reason for the Updates Some of the changes in the final rule—effective May 19—“better align”…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced that it is extending 77 of 81 Section 301 exclusions of COVID-19 related products through September 30. The other four will expire at the end of May. Previously, all the exclusions had been scheduled to end May 15. The products that will not be extended…
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On May 18, 2023, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will allow the option for CBP Officers to notify the Electronic Export Information (EEI) filer of Hold and Release messages. New codes have been added to the AESTIR Appendix A— 97H: The shipment has been put on HOLD in AES. 97R: The shipment on hold has…
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Together with several industry bodies the global carrier, Cargo Incident Notification and System Networks (CINS) have compiled and published The Lithium-ion Batteries in Containers Guidelines in an effort to prevent the increasing risks that the transport of lithium-ion batteries by sea creates, providing suggestions for identifying such risks. In recent years, serious, and sometimes catastrophic…
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The policy of enforcement discretion that allowed registrants to enter “pending unique facility identifier (UFI) Option” has now been terminated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 10, 2023. The agency resolved that there has been enough time for facilities to obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number since October 2020. “The…
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UPDATE: 4/10/2023—The ports have resumed operation as of this weekend with confirmation from the PMA. Mohawk Global will continue to monitor the situation and provide further details as they become available. At 5:00 PM PST on Thursday, April 6, 2023, the twin port of Los Angeles and Long Beach closed because of manpower shortage. The…
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In the Spring of 2024, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is expecting to begin the requirement of Lacey Act import declarations for a new set of plant materials and products that are not 100-percent composite. The tariff schedule is under review to determine what codes will be implemented in this phase and…
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New Aluminum Smelt and Cast import declaration reporting are scheduled to go into effect on May 10, 2023. Proclamation 10522 issued by the President states that any imports of aluminum or aluminum derivative articles from Russia—effective March 10, 2023—or where any amount of primary aluminum used in the manufacture of the aluminum articles is smelted…
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In the Tri-Seal Compliance Note U.S. enforcement agencies stress the aim to squash third‐party intermediaries used to evade Russia‐related sanctions and export controls. This is said to be one of the most common tactics Russia is using to help “disguise their involvement” the agencies said. The note—from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Treasury’s…
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