The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade, including links to: APHIS’ Rule regarding the Importation of Orchids in Growing Media from Taiwan; CPSC’s Rule and concerning the Acceptance of Third Party Laboratories: Revision to the Notice of Requirements for Prohibitions of Children’s Toys…

  The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade, including links to: CPSC’s Rule and Comment Request concerning the Revision of Determinations Regarding Certain Plastics under the Prohibition of Children’s Toys and Child Care Articles Containing Specified Phthalates, that removes some phthalates from the…

The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade, including links to: CPSC’s Proposed Rule’s Extension of Comment Period for Clothing Storage Unit Tip Overs; CBP’s Notices advising of: a Domestic Interested Party Petitioner’s Notice of Desire To Contest the Tariff Classification Determination of Certain…

This week the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released their 2017 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets report.  A copy of the report can be found here: 2017 Notorious Markets List 1.11.18 This annual report identifies marketplaces that engage in and facilitate substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting in…

The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade, including links to: CPSC’s Proposed Rules’ Semiannual Regulatory Agenda; CBP’s Notice of its Quarterly IRS Interest Rates Used in Calculating Interest on Overdue Accounts and Refunds on Customs Duties and various Comment Requests, recent Customs Bulletin…

CSMS# 18-000013 – Extension of In-bond Regulation Enforcement Dates 01/04/2018 05:30 PM EST   Trade Policy Updates CBP will extend the time frame for initial implementation of these regulatory changes for all participants for six months. CBP Officers will continue to accept paper CBP Form 7512 and input the data…

The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade, including links to: CBP’s latest ABI messages, including notices of various Port Closures; CPSC and FDA Recalls and Consumer Updates; FTZ Board current notices;  ITA and ITC’s Monthly announcements advising of the Initiation of Five-Year Sunset…

   The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade, including links to the 2018 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and CBP’s reminder that on January 6, 2018, CBP will deliver ACE Deployment G, Release 3B, resulting in ACE becoming the system of…

The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade, including links to:   CBP’s latest Bulletin providing Decision No. 17-19 concerning Emergency Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological and Ethnological Materials From Libya and notices of the Accreditations and Approvals of Commercial Gaugers and Laboratories, as…

The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade, including links to: CPSC’S Final Rules concerning the Safety Standard for Children’s Folding Chairs and Stools, which will become effective June 15, 2018 and the Revision to Children’s Gasoline Burn Prevention Act Regulation, which will be…