CBP followed protocol when it seized “counterfeit Apple Airpod Earbuds,” despite a news release that showed another brand of wireless headphones, an agency spokesperson said. The other brand, OnePlus, said “Hey, give those back!” in response to a CBP tweet about the seizure. The CBP spokesperson defended the process: “Upon examining the shipment in question, a CBP Import Specialist determined that the subject earbuds appeared to violate Apple’s configuration trademark. Apple has configuration trademarks on their brand of earbuds, and has recorded those trademarks with CBP,” he said. “Based on that determination, CBP Officers at JFK Airport have seized the shipment under 19 USC 1526 (e).”
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The advance notice of proposed rulemaking on continuing education for licensed brokers is currently circulating in CBP for review, said CBP Deputy Commissioner Robert Perez. Perez was speaking at an online conference of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America on Sept. 14. He did not say what kind of mandatory requirements would be part of the plan, but said that it will include a methodology for approving education accreditors, and said that the agency has “taken into account the excellent feedback from you and other trade stakeholders.” The NCBFAA supports mandatory continuing education, but has been concerned about the details (see 2002130025).
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Sept. 10, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADD CVD Search page.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Sept. 8-9, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADD CVD Search page.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is unable to say much about a proposal to eliminate the de minimis exemption for goods subject to Section 301 tariffs, said Brandon Lord, CBP Office of Trade deputy executive director for trade policy and programs. Lord mentioned the proposal during a CBP Virtual Trade Week session Sept. 10. “Assuming that [the Office of Management and Budget] approves the proposed rule,” it will be eventually published in the Federal Register and opened for public comments, he said. He said the proposal was recently picked up by the “trade industry press” (see 2009040026), and that “it's difficult for us to make a lot of comments on this,” due to “restrictions around the rulemaking process.”
The flurry of forced labor investigations and withhold release orders from CBP in recent years is starting to have an impact in countries with reported violations, in particular in Malaysia, Sarah Bessell, deputy director of Washington, D.C.-based The Human Trafficking Legal Center, said during an online panel discussion at CBP’s Virtual Trade Week on Sept. 9.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: