Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade news:     

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

  • CBP announced that it will seize all aluminum products manufactured by a Chinese-owned, Dominican based company based on information that reasonably indicates the use of forced labor by the company.
  • CBP issued a HQ ruling finding that the shipment of self-propelled vehicles from the continental U.S. to Puerto Rico does not constitute an “export.” 
  • CBP officers seized $304,500 in counterfeit United States currency from a 26-year-old male arriving from Guayaquil, Ecuador. 
  • CBP will retire its security_filing_general@cbp.dhs.gov inbox for ISF inquiries.

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

  • BIS issued an interim final rule making changes to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) controls for certain advanced computing items, supercomputers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
  • BIS announced a package of rules designed to further impair China’s capability to produce advanced-node semiconductors that can be used in advanced weapon systems and in AI and advanced computing.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

  • The FDA issued the 2024 edition of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards.
  • The FDA posted new Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of Class III Devices without approved PMAs or IDEs.

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

  • The CPSC held a public meeting to discuss updates to certificate requirements and the implementation of eFiling of certificates for imported products.
  • The CPSC issued a Federal Register notice seeking to extend the information collection and labeling requirements for coal and wood-burning appliances.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  • The EPA issued a proposed rule imposing new reporting requirements for 35 chemicals under significant new use rules. The proposed rule would require notification to EPA at least 90 days in advance of a new use by importers, manufacturers or processors.

Department of Justice (DoJ)

  • Ontario man arrested on complaint alleging he exported shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea.
  • Russian national arrested for attempting to illegally export aircraft to Russia by transshipping through Armenia.

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)

  • USITC votes to continue investigations on paper file folders from Cambodia and Sri Lanka.
  • USITC makes determinations in five-year sunset reviews concerning circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from China.

Congress

  • The House passed a bill that would create a Department of Justice task force to increase prosecutions of tariff evasion, violations of the forced labor provision and ban on goods made in North Korea, trade-based money laundering, and smuggling. 

International

  • China announced a ban on certain key critical minerals and other dual-use items being shipped to the U.S. for military uses. The announcement comes one day after the U.S. published a new set of semiconductor-related export controls aimed at China.

Industry News

  • The Corporate Transparency Act, which required companies to report beneficial ownership information to FinCEN, was blocked nationwide by a Texas federal court.
  • Peter Navarro will return as a trade adviser in the second Trump Administration.
  • President-elect Donald Trump posted on X that he will impose 100% tariffs on exports from countries who try to create a workaround to trading in dollars.
  • Volkswagen will sell its operations in China’s Xinjiang after years of pressure to abandon its presence there over reports of abuses against the Uyghur population.
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