CBP is now detaining imports of batteries under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevent Act (UFLPA). CBP’s Detention Notice Addendum—a document that lists commodity-specific supply chain tracing requirements—now references batteries. Among other things, the detention notices are now requesting a complete list of raw materials (e.g., lithium ion phosphate, lead, copper, PCBAs), together with their manufacturer and country of origin. …
CBP has delayed its planned automation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act detention process, according to the agency’s most recent ACE development and deployment schedule.
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As UFLPA approaches its one anniversary, the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) has added two more companies and their subsidiaries to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). Effective June 12, 2023, goods produced by Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co., Ltd. and Ninestar Corporation and eight of its Zhuhai-based subsidiaries will be restricted from entering the United States as a …
U.S. CBP – Export License Procedures for Shipments of White Grape Juice Concentrate from Argentina (CSMS # 56198175).
The Department of Commerce announced its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of paper file folders from China, India, and Vietnam.…
The Office of the United States Trade Representative announced the extension of 77 of the 81 COVID-related exclusions in the China Section 301 Investigation.…
Inland Freight for USA Consolidations:
Please be advised of the following schedule:
Friday, May 19th: US inland freight operations are open.
Air service delivered to warehouse same day. Ground and bonded freight picked up today will be crossing and reshipped/distributed on Tuesday, May 23rd in the morning.
Monday, May 22nd: US inland freight operations …
CBP announced that on May 20, 2023, they will deploy automated Form 6051D detention notices in ACE, including for Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) detentions. The update will give importers the ability to view, search, and respond to CBP Form 6051D using the ACE Forms application accessible through the ACE Secure Data Portal. After the deployment, CBP will …
CBP modified a withhold release order on imports of synthetic disposable gloves manufactured by the Smart Glove group of companies, and will now allow gloves from the Malaysian company to enter the U.S. Shipments of Smart Glove’s synthetic gloves received on or after April 26, 2023, will no longer be detained at U.S. ports of entry. The original WRO …
BACKGROUND
On February 24, 2023, the President issued Presidential Proclamation 10522 on Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States, which in part required importers to provide CBP with the identity of the countries where the primary aluminum used in the manufacture of aluminum articles imports and where derivative aluminum articles are smelted; as well as the identity of …