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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.
International Trade Today is providing readers with the top stories from Aug. 2-6 in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
CBP's proposed use of Part 102 marking rules to determine the country of origin for nonpreferential claims and procurement under USMCA (see 2107010045) should be made optional for importers or withdrawn by the agency, Cisco and the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) said in comments recently filed in the docket. While CBP says the use of tariff shift rules should result in the same origin finding as the alternative “case-by-case” review, “in practice there are cases where the two methods yield different origin determinations,” CompTIA said in its comments. “This is particularly the case with technology products where programming or software can have an impact on substantial transformation. The Part 102 rules consider only a tariff shift of hardware components and ignore any impact of programming and software on substantial transformation.”
A recent set of frequently asked questions about the withhold release order aimed at silica-based products produced by Hoshine Silicon Industry, a company located in China's Xinjiang province (see 2108030026), provides some insights on how CBP views its enforcement role, Miller & Chevalier lawyers said in an alert. CBP's list of example products subject to the WRO showed that the agency views the detention order as “far-reaching,” including both raw materials and “downstream products that contain silicon metals sourced from Hoshine or any [of] its subsidiaries, regardless of where the later-stage products (e.g., ingots, wafers, cells, and modules) are physically made.”
CBP plans to issue a Federal Register notice in coming months that will officially end the Importer Self-Assessment program and fully launch the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Trade Compliance program, said Amy Hatfield, a trade compliance program manager within the CTPAT office. The notice will also end the pilot version of CTPAT Trade Compliance, said Hatfield, speaking virtually Aug. 4 during a CBP Detroit Trade Week event. Currently, the Trade Compliance program membership is made up only of former ISA members, she said.
CBP issued a withhold release order for imported “seafood harvested by the Hangton No. 112, a Fijian flagged and owned fishing vessel,” CBP said in a news release. Effective Aug. 4, CBP will stop seafood from the vessel at all U.S. ports of entry, it said.
CBP is planning to extend the ongoing Section 321 data collection pilot for low-value shipments and expand it to more participants while the agency continues to work on a proposal to require new mandatory data elements (see 2101290033), said Jim Swanson, CBP director-cargo and conveyance security and controls, who was speaking virtually during a CBP Detroit Trade Week event Aug. 3. "We think we need to expand that out, get more participation in it, get people used to the idea they have to collect this additional information, because the big effort that we're working on is regulations that will mandate that level of information," he said.
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CBP recently posted answers to a set of frequently asked questions about the withhold release order aimed at silica-based products from China. The June 24 WRO applies to silicon produced by Hoshine Silicon Industry, a company located in China's Xinjiang province, and its subsidiaries (see 2106240062). The FAQs add some more details for how CBP will be administering the WRO.
International Trade Today is providing readers with the top stories from July 26-30 in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.