To prevent forced labor in Canadian supply chains, the government has passed legislation effective January 2024 that will require companies who do business in Canada to file annual reports outlining the steps they have taken in prevention. The legislation applies to any corporation, trust, partnership, or other unincorporated organization whose activities include producing, selling or…
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Owners or operators of establishments involved in the production and distribution of medical devices intended for commercial distribution in the United States—including those that are imported for export only—must register annually with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These facilities include foreign and domestic: Contract manufacturers Specification developers Relabelers /repackers Initial importers Foreign exporters. In…
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On November 4, 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will deploy Collections Release 7 enhancements to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), which will enable CBP to retire the ACS mainframe. Impacted the most by this change will be importers who pay their duties directly to Customs via Automatic Clearing House (ACH). The Impact CBP…
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The U.S. Census Bureau has published a two-part blog post as guidance for Automated Export System (AES) users trying to determine how to report the Ultimate Consignee (UC) in their Electronic Export Information (EEI). Part I, answers frequently asked questions on the UC and the end user based on the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR). Part…
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released a new best practice guidance identifying forty-five Harmonized System (HS) codes covered under controlled items. Of those nine HS codes have been prioritized as the most impactful to Russian weapon requirements. Prioritized HS codes: 8542.31 8542.32 8542.33 8542.39 8517.62 8526.91 8532.21 8532.24 8548.00 BIS strongly recommends—although…
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The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition and the United Steelworkers labor union filed petitions for new antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) investigations with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the International Trade Commission (ITC). They are seeking antidumping (AD) duties on imports of aluminum extrusions from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia,…
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UPDATE: 12/19/2023—The DHS announced that another three parties have been added to the UFLPA Entity List bringing the total to 30 companies. Shipments of goods produced by these entities will be subject to UFLPA restrictions. New Entities Added: COFCO Sugar Holding Co. Ltd, SichuanJingweida Technology Group Co., Ltd. Anhui Xinya New Materials Co., Ltd. The…
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New risk compliance matrices have been released, one for businesses and one for universities, to help them comply with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). The matrices are guidance for exporters, manufacturers, researchers, and academics to use as an assessment of their ITAR export…
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has expanded the scope of its nuclear-related export controls on the People’s Republic of China (China) and Macau to impose tighter license requirements on items that could cause potential nuclear activity concerns. These controls enhance U.S. Government efforts to monitor the export of these items and to ensure…
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UPDATE: 1/4/2024—The CBP has advised they did not have the time over the holiday weekend to re-program the electronic entry system to extend the expiration and will not be able to implement the extension until January 4. This means, at best, any entries filed between January 1-3 that are eligible for exclusions will not get…
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