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CBP Releases April 13 Customs Bulletin
April 14, 2016 |Customs

CBP released its April 13 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 15) (here). While it does not contain any rulings, it does include recent CBP notices and Court of International Trade opinions.

CBP Seeking ITDS Office of Marine Conservation Working Group Participants
April 13, 2016 |Customs

CBP is putting together an Office of Marine Conservation working group to consider the technical requirements necessary for OMC to take part in the International Trade Data System, said CBP in a CSMS message (here). The working group, to be part of the Trade Support Network, will include "members of the international trade community, including importers, brokers, and software developers, that import shrimp and shrimp product," as well as officials from OMC and CBP, it said. OMC, part of the State Department, manages a program under which the U.S. certifies countries to export wild-caught shrimp to the U.S. Its "engagement in ACE/ITDS will require electronic submissions of all Department of State required import data for cargo admissibility processing," said CBP. Those interested in participating should email Frank Korpusik at frank.j.korpusik@cbp.dhs.gov by April 18, said CBP.

CBP to Update Petition Review Process for Forced Labor Import Bans, Says Kerlikowske
April 13, 2016 |Customs

Changes on the way to CBP’s regulations prohibiting imports of goods made by forced labor will include an update to the process for submitting petitions, said CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske in remarks (here) prepared for a Coalition of New England Companies for Trade conference on April 13. The agency will be “clarifying” the standards and process for reviewing petitions alleging a good was produced with forced or child labor and deciding whether to issue a “withhold release order” banning imports of the product, he said. “We welcome input from industry” and non-governmental organizations, said Kerlikowske. CBP recently issued its first forced labor withhold release orders in over 15 years (see 1603310034), weeks after customs reauthorization legislation removed an exemption to the forced labor ban (see 1603010043). Human rights groups recently requested a withhold release order directed against all cotton products from Turkmenistan (see 1604120031). “I urge industry to be proactive in evaluating their supply chains,” said Kerlikowske.

Topics:Forced Labor
CBP Posts Directory of Contacts at CEEs
April 13, 2016 |Customs

CBP recently posted a directory of contacts at all 10 Centers for Excellence and Expertise (here). The directory includes the name, location, phone number and email address for directors, assistant directors and supervisory import specialists at each of the 10 CEEs, as well as the team number for each import specialist. All 10 CEEs are now fully operational and handling post-release processing, after the final six came online March 23 (see 1603230019).