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Timothy Warren is Executive Managing Editor of Communications Daily. He previously led the International Trade Today editorial team from the time it was purchased by Warren Communications News in 2012 through the launch of Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. Tim is a 2005 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids.
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CBP should take a different approach than the one it proposed for the rules of origin used on non-preferential claims and procurement under USMCA (see 2107010045), the Business Alliance for Customs Modernization said in comments to the agency. “BACM requests that CBP withdraw this [notice of proposed rulemaking] and engage the trade community in a dialogue about the type of rule of origin the United States should use for non-preferential purposes -- an objective test or a subjective test -- and then issue a new NPRM based on that input,” it said. BACM, which is made up of “large U.S.-based multinationals,” is the latest to come out against the proposal (see 2108120033 and 2108090027).
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CBP detained a total of 967 shipments between Oct. 1, 2020, and Aug. 6, 2021, due to the possible use of forced labor on the goods, the agency said in recently updated trade statistics. That marks an increase of 331 stopped shipments from the previous release of statistics, when CBP said it had detained 636 shipments between Oct. 1, 2020, and June 15, 2021 (see 2106280019). The total value of the detained shipments for this fiscal year so far is about $368 million, it said.
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International Trade Today is providing readers with the top stories from Aug. 16-20 in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
CBP provided some more detail on the requirements of importers and brokers for duty-free claims under subheading 9801.00.10, in a recent CSMS message. The update revises a guidance issued by CBP in 2017 on legislative changes that allowed for duty-free treatment of products of the U.S. returned within any time frame after having been exported, or products of other countries returned within three years after having been exported, and not advanced in value or improved in condition (see 1702010047). CBP said it plans to propose regulatory changes to "align" the regulations with the law.
The Aluminum Association's Section 232 working group recently met with Commerce Department and Office of U.S. Trade Representative staff “with a recommendation on how to navigate the ongoing aluminum tariff dispute between the U.S. and European Union,” it said in its weekly newsletter. The U.S. and the EU said in June they hoped to reach an agreement on Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum by year-end (see 2106150070). “Rather than a hard tariff rate quota (TRQ) to replace the 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from the EU, the Aluminum Association is proposing that the tariff be gradually reduced until it reaches parity on a U.S./EU Most Favored Nation basis,” it said.
CBP's use of a new “de minimis” standard for allowing imports of goods in which forced labor played a minimal role will depend on the specifics of individual cases, a CBP spokesperson said by email. The standard was first mentioned as part of a set of frequently asked questions about a withhold release order aimed at silica-based products produced by Hoshine Silicon Industry, a company located in China's Xinjiang province, and its subsidiaries (see 2106240062). CBP said in the FAQs that it may consider a product outside the scope of the statute that prohibits forced labor goods if the forced labor contribution is “insignificant” (see 2108050019).