CBP issued a withhold release order for imported “tuna and other seafood harvested by the Lien Yi Hsing No. 12, a Taiwanese flagged and owned distant water fishing vessel,” CBP said in a news release. Effective Dec. 31, CBP will stop seafood from the vessel at all U.S. ports of entry, it said.
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DHL and Comstock & Theakston would like to see CBP reduce the number of hours it would require as a part of any continuing education requirements for customs brokers, the companies said in comments to the agency. The comments were in response to CBP's advance notice of proposed rulemaking that asked about whether requiring 40 hours of education over three years seems appropriate (see 2010270038). The companies also would like to see internal training apply to any required continuing education.
CBP issued a withhold release order on “palm oil and products containing palm oil produced by Sime Darby Plantation Berhad and its subsidiaries, joint ventures, and affiliated entities in Malaysia,” the agency said in a news release Dec. 30. The WRO follows a monthslong investigation into SDP, Malaysia's largest producer of palm oil, Ana Hinojosa, executive director of CBP’s Trade Remedy and Law Enforcement Division, said during a Dec. 30 call with reporters. “It's pretty clear, we're expecting the trade community to know your supply chain,” she said.
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will extend exclusions on goods used to treat COVID-19 from the Section 301 tariffs on goods from China, it said in a notice posted on the agency's website. “In light of the rising spread and ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19, the U.S. Trade Representative has determined that maintaining or re-imposing additional duties on certain products subject to the action no longer is appropriate and that the application of additional duties to these products could impact U.S. preparedness to address COVID-19,” it said.
CBP issued filing instructions in a CSMS message for goods eligible for the Generalized System of Preferences treatment after the GSP benefits program expires at the end of the year. As in previous GSP lapses, filers would continue to use the GSP special program indicator to flag their entries, but would have to pay duties at the normal, non-preferential rate for any imports with a time of entry during the lapse. GSP is currently set to expire Dec. 31 if the program isn’t extended by Congress. GSP renewal didn't make into year-end spending legislation, so expiration is likely (see 2012210040).
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