CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP forms 28 (Request for Information) and 29 (Notice of Action) are increasingly going straight to importers of record and no copy going to customs brokers, customs brokerage CPH Group said in an email (here). "With the CEEs coming into full force it has become more common that Customs Form (CF) 28 and CF 29 go directly to the importer of record, without the broker receiving a courtesy copy," it said. "If you receive either a CF 28 Customs Request for Information and/or CF 29 Notice of Action, it is vital to keep your customs broker in the loop! It's also important to note that the ACE Secure Data Portal allows authorized users to receive and respond to both of these notices." CBP didn't comment.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Food and Drug Administration recently deployed a web service that will allow importers and customs brokers to access FDA’s product code builder database through the ACE Automated Broker Interface (ABI), CBP said in a CSMS message (here). The product code builder application program interface released March 20 will allow software developers to build a user interface for the product code builder in ABI, FDA said (here). “This does not replace the current online Product Code Builder but compliments it by providing trade a method to program existing software to query and verify FDA Product Codes,” it said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Another customs broker recently agreed to additional requirements for validation of powers of attorney as part of a settlement of a trademark lawsuit with Nike. Like the recent settlement between Nike and Alto Customhouse Brokers (see 1702140037), a settlement reached in December in Los Angeles federal court between Nike and KAL America requires the customs brokerage to validate all new powers of attorney it receives from importers by means of notarization, phone calls and checking government-issued IDs. The settlement ends one of the few remaining of a series of trademark cases brought by Nike against customs brokers. Nike has over time moved away from the practice, according to customs lawyers familiar with the issue.
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