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Unverified List updates reflect BIS efforts to assess the legitimacy of foreign recipients of controlled items when end-use checks cannot be completed. Changes to the list signal heightened attention to diversion risks across global supply chains. This section follows new UVL designations, removals and related policy developments that affect screening and due diligence requirements. Coverage helps exporters adapt compliance processes to evolving verification challenges.

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CBP Gives Information on FDA Prior Notice Confirmation Numbers
June 17, 2016 |Customs

Prior Notice confirmation numbers can be obtained through the Food and Drug Administration's Prior Notice System Interface, ACE or the Automated Commercial System until July 23, CBP said in a CSMS message (here). "Following that date, ACE and the FDA PNSI will be the only systems available to provide a Prior Notice Confirmation Number," CBP said. "The ACS functionality will completely transition to ACE on July 23rd, 2016."

Kerlikowske Gives Update on Customs Law Implementation
June 17, 2016 |Customs

CBP implemented several important pieces of the customs reauthorization law during the first 100 days since enactment, CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske said in an overview of the efforts (here). Since President Barack Obama signed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (see 1602240042), "CBP has been working hard to implement the law’s key provisions, with a strong focus on bolstering our agency’s trade enforcement priorities," Kerlikowske said. He pointed to recently signed withhold release orders (see 1603310034 and 1605310019) for "certain shipments of soda ash, potassium, and Stevia products made with convict and forced labor in China." Those "enforcement actions rightly place CBP at the forefront of promoting human rights, and send a powerful signal to manufacturers and producers around the world," he said. The Office of Trade also implemented "a new process for swiftly and thoroughly reviewing allegations of evasion of Antidumping/Countervailing duty laws," which "helps domestic manufacturers and companies hurt by unfair, illegal trade practices," he said. Also notable are the new Trade Enforcement Task Force (see 1605030032), an increase to the de minimis value threshold (see 1603100010) and the formal recognition of the Centers of Excellence and Expertise, he said.

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CBP Declines To Make Inflationary Adjustment to User Fees
June 17, 2016 |Customs

CBP and the Treasury Department decided against a raise to customs users fees based on the Consumer Price Index, CBP said in the June 15 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 24) (here). A surface transportation funding bill signed into law last year (see 1512070011) provided for an increase to fees, including the merchandise processing fee (MPF) and broker permit fees, based on the Consumer Price Index. The law allowed for Treasury and CBP to decline to raise the fees if the yearly CPI increased by less than one percent from fiscal year 2014, which was the case. CBP and Treasury may next increase the fees at the beginning of the next fiscal year, or Oct. 1, it said. "CBP is currently developing a rulemaking document which will be published in the Federal Register that will implement" the fee adjustment requirements and "will include the methodology for determining the parameters" for whether a fee adjustment "is necessary as well as the timing of any fee adjustment announcements and effective dates," CBP said.

Required HQ Reviews of Port ISF Damages To End, CBP Says
June 17, 2016 |Customs

CBP will end the requirement that ports submit liquidated damages claims related to Importer Security Filing (ISF) for headquarters review, the agency said in a CSMS message (here). The change applies to "shipments that are on the water on or after June 30," it said. CBP will also end the "three strikes" approach to such claims against importers' bonds, it said. "There is no change to cargo holds for ISF non-compliance; ports may hold cargo instead of (or in addition to) initiating LD claims," the agency said. Such changes were discussed by CBP more than a year ago (see 1505060013).