Korea's Cultural Heritage Administration and ICE will sign a memorandum of understanding on July 22 to "establish a framework for the exchange of information and cooperation regarding the protection, recovery and restitution of cultural property," said ICE in a press release.
CBP scheduled the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) National Conference for Aug. 26-28 in San Antonio, the agency said on its website. The conference's theme will be “C-TPAT: Partnering in Supply Chain Security and Facilitation for the 21st Century,” it said. The event will include two sessions and participants may only take part in one of the sessions, it said. Topics scheduled for discussion include business partner relationships, security breaches and internal conspiracies, validation/revalidation results, C-TPAT membership maintenance and mutual recognition. Registration for Session A on Aug. 26-27 is (here) and registration for Session B on Aug. 27-28 is (here).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 18, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP will close the Jamieson Line border crossing in upstate New York, it said in a final rule. CBP has said the border crossing is one of the least busy border crossings and the closure will have minimal impact on Burke, the town closest to the crossing. The final rule is effective Aug. 21.
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) members should be wary of use of non-compliant wood packing material (WPM), CBP said in a notice to C-TPAT members. Sea carriers should know of recent interceptions of non-compliant WPM "used in flat rack cargo carried by ocean vessels traversing the Mediterranean," it said. C-TPAT members should make sure supply chain partners use WPM that meet the International Plant Protection Convention standard, it said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 17, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP is extending the comment period to Aug. 20 for an existing information collection for entry summaries. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.
CBP said the following customs broker licenses and all associated permits are canceled without prejudice:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 16, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues: