The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective June 8, that amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reflect the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) formal termination of its participation in the Arab League Boycott of Israel. Under this rule, certain “requests for information, action or agreement from the UAE” will…
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The European Union (EU) has announced that it will not increase its retaliatory tariffs for Section 232 tariffs—which adds a 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent on aluminum imports. Items on the EU retaliation list include whiskey, bourbon, orange juice, cigarettes, steel, motorcycles, yachts, and more. The retaliation was set to double the…
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The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is accepting information on the level of U.S. and foreign content in U.S. exports in the following transformational export sectors through May 14: biomedical sciences; wireless communications equipment (5G); quantum computing; renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage; semiconductors and semiconductor machinery manufacturing; emerging financial technologies; water…
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has changed the base civil penalty amount for certain sanctions violations. This was done in order to reflect inflation adjustments for its civil monetary penalties. In a notice, the OFAC’s definition of “applicable schedule amount” was revised. This establishes a base penalty for non-egregious sanctions violation cases that…
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a “master answer” to the massive Section 301 litigation overwhelming the Court of International Trade (CIT). Thousands of complaints and cases are seeking to get list 3 and 4A Chinese tariffs vacated with duties refunded. Complaints have been coming in at the rate of about one a day,…
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is increasing its maximum civil monetary penalties for the following sanction and recordkeeping violations to account for inflation, effective March 17. Along with the increases, there are several technical changes to “consolidate or shorten” certain citations in OFAC’s regulations. $1,548,075 (previously $1,529,991) for violations of the Foreign Narcotics…
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U.S. Customs Border and Protection (CBP) is planning to add forced labor to its list of “Priority Trade Issues (PTIs),” according to the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) Forced Labor Working Group. What are PTIs The PTIs “represent high-risk areas that can cause significant revenue loss, harm the U.S. economy, or threaten the health…
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The European Union has announced on March 5 that it will drop its tariffs on U.S. exports on the Boeing retaliation list. Likewise, the U.S. will suspend its Section 301 tariffs on EU products under the Airbus dispute. These products include wine, liquor, and food. The suspension began immediately and will last for four months. The U.K. already suspended its tariffs on…
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The Court of International Trade (CIT) has issued a decision that the ability to use first sale valuation may not be applicable to transactions involving non-market economies, including China. First Sale for Export is a duty reduction program created to reduce the dutiable value of eligible products imported into the U.S. The Ruling In a…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced it will extend Section 301 tariff exclusions on certain imports from China, which include personal protection equipment (PPE) needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, through September 30, 2021. USTR has said that the latest tariff exclusion extension covers these goods when entered for consumption, or…
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