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International Trade Law News

News, analysis and commentary on export controls, customs law, antidumping law and other international trade issues.
By Douglas Jacobson

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Last Entry: September 22, 2020 at 11:18:55

CBP Modifies Tariff Shift Rules to Reflect 2007 HTSUS Changes and Reopens Comment Period on Country of Origin Proposal

Posted on November 02, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a long awaited final rule in the Federal Register last week updating the tariff shift rules of origin for goods imported under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (19 CFR Section 102.20) and for the country of origin of textile and...

CBP's New Trade Strategy Includes Beefed-Up Enforcement

Posted on October 30, 2008
At today's Trade Symposium in Washington, DC, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner W. Ralph Basham announced the release of CBP's first Trade Strategy (pdf), a document that details how CBP intends to accomplish its mission of facilitating legitimate trade during the next five...

U.S. Customs Announces Import Safety Pilot Program

Posted on October 29, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in today's Federal Register a new voluntary import safety pilot program. Known as the Importer Self-Assessment-Product Safety Pilot (ISA-PS), the joint program between CBP and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will be open to current...

BIS Requests Comments Licensing of Agricultural Commodities to Cuba

Posted on October 29, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a notice in today's Federal Register requesting public comments on the effectiveness of its licensing procedures for the export of agricultural commodities to Cuba. BIS will include a description of these comments in its biennial report to the...

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Global Data Mining to Hold Webinar on Customs Classification Management System

Posted on October 29, 2008
Customs and trade software specialist Global Data Mining (GDM) is hosting a free webinar on November 6, 2008 to launch their new web-based customs classification and management product. GDM's new web-based system takes customs classification and Harmonized Tariff Schedule information stored at...

Customs Posts Materials From 2008 Trade Symposium Online

Posted on October 29, 2008
Welcome to those attending this week's 2008 Trade Symposium being held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Washington, DC. CBP is not providing printouts of the presentations to those attending this year's program. Rather, CBP will post the presentations on on CBP's website...

Justice Department Announces First Year Results of National Export Enforcement Initiative

Posted on October 29, 2008
The Justice Department issued a press release yesterday announcing that multi-agency National Export Enforcement Initiative to combat illegal exports of restricted military and dual-use technology from the U.S. has resulted in criminal charges against more than 145 defendants in fiscal year 2008...

GAO Recommends That China Validated End-User Program Should be Suspended

Posted on October 28, 2008
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today publicly released a report (pdf) on U.S. export controls on the sale of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials to China and the state of China's semiconductor manufacturing industry. In its report, the GAO recommends that the Secretary...

OFAC Issues Revised Civil Penalty Policy

Posted on October 28, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued a Revised Interim Policy (pdf) to explain how it will handle civil penalties imposed in enforcement cases in which a Prepenalty Notice was issued after October 16, 2007 (the date of enactment of the International...

Arab League Holds Conference Aimed at Reinvigorating Israel Boycott

Posted on October 28, 2008
The Jerusalem Post published a story today by reporter Michael Freund describing a three-day conference that was held in Damascus, Syria last week aimed at reinvigorating the Arab boycott of Israel. The article indicates that the conference was attended by representatives of 14 Arab countries,...

SEC Issues Enforcement Statistics for FY 2008; Confirms FCPA Enforcement Cases on the Rise

Posted on October 23, 2008
As I mentioned during today's Compliance Week/Approva webinar on "Addressing FCPA Risks with Automated Controls Monitoring" (which can be viewed here in case you missed it), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday announced the agency's enforcement statistics for fiscal year...

CBP Issues Frequently Asked Questions on AES Filings

Posted on October 21, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a new document containing answers to some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the filing of advance electronic cargo information rules for export shipments via the Automated Export System...

BIS to Hold Public Meeting in Washinton, DC to Discuss Proposed Intra-Company Transfer License Exception

Posted on October 20, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will hold a public meeting on October 27, 2008 in Washington, DC to provide additional information to exporters on the proposed Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) license exception that was recently published in the Federal Register...

Happy 5th Birthday to International Trade Law News

Posted on October 20, 2008
Today marks the fifth anniversary of International Trade Law News. I have been overwhelmed by the support, kind words and favorable comments received from clients, colleagues, government officials and other members of the international trade community on how useful they find International Trade...

Free Webcast: Addressing FCPA Risks with Automated Controls Monitoring

Posted on October 19, 2008
Join Approva & Strasburger & Price for the following free FCPA-related webcast presented by Compliance Week: Date & Time: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:00 p.m. EST Webcast Description: Aggressive enforcement by the US Justice Department and SEC has resulted in record numbers of...

President Signs Bill Extending Andean Trade Preferences Act and Generalized System of Preferences

Posted on October 16, 2008
The White House today held a signing ceremony for President Bush to sign H.R 7222, legislation recently passed by Congress that will extend the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA) and Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program until December 31, 2009...

Australia Imposes Financial Sanctions on Iranian Entities

Posted on October 16, 2008
Australia's central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia, has imposed financial sanctions against several Iranian banks, entities and persons who have contributed to Iran's proliferation activities. The sanctions were imposed under Australia's Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959...

Ensuring Open, Fair Trade is Good Business Globally

Posted on October 16, 2008
The Boston Herald has published an op-ed by Ambassador Christopher F. Egan, the U.S. representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) discussing the benefits of the OECD?s Anti-Bribery Convention to U.S. companies. Ensuring open, fair trade is good business...

Census Issues Second Foreign Trade Letter Prohibiting Reuse of Shipment Reference Numbers

Posted on October 14, 2008
The Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division has issued its second "ForeignTrade Letter" to provide guidance on issues associated with the new Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR). FTR Letter No. 2 covers "shipment reference numbers", which according to section 30...

BIS Publishes Final Rule Implementing Wassenaar Arrangement Changes to Commerce Control List

Posted on October 14, 2008
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security has published a lengthy final rule in Tuesday's Federal Register to revise the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual Use Goods and Technologies...

Unofficial Answers to October Customs Broker Examination Published

Posted on October 14, 2008
Because we have received so many search requests looking for the answers to the October 6, 2008 Customs Broker Examination, exam takers should be aware that legal publisher Boskage has published a preliminary and unofficial list of possible answers and related regulations where the answers were...

BIS to Require Electronic Submission of License Applications and Other Submissions Starting October 20, 2008

Posted on October 14, 2008
The era of filing paper license and commodity classification requests with the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is soon coming to an end. As a result of the final rule issued by BIS in August, starting next Monday, October 20, 2008, the following types of submissions...

President Signs Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008

Posted on October 14, 2008
President Bush today signed into law S. 906, the "Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008," which amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to: Prohibit Federal agencies from transferring elemental mercury to government or private entities;Prohibit all exports of mercury from the U...

OFAC Publishes Annual Report on Blocked Terrorist Assets

Posted on October 13, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) last week published its Sixteenth Annual "Report to the Congress on Assets in the United States of Terrorist Countries and International Terrorism Program Designees." The report, which covers calendar year 2007, states that more...

Blackwater Announces Advanced Export Compliance Initiative

Posted on October 13, 2008
Government contractor Blackwater Worldwide, which has been the subject of government investigations on export controls and other issues, announced (pdf) that the company has undertaken a "comprehensive initiative to enhance export compliance throughout its global operations...

CBP Publishes Guidance and Enforcement Information of Burmese JADE Act

Posted on October 12, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published guidance on the implementation and enforcement of the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 (Public Law 108-61; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). The Burmese JADE Act prohibits the importation into the U...

U.S. National Soccer Team Defeats Cuba; Two Cuban Players Defect Before Game

Posted on October 12, 2008
The U.S. men's national soccer team defeated Cuba 6-1 last night in a World Cup qualifying game held in Washington, DC. The Miami Herald reports that prior to the game, two of Cuba players, Pedro Faife and Reynier Alcantara, disappeared from their hotel and apparently defected...

U.S. Removal of North Korea as State Sponsor of Terrorism Likely to Have Little Effect on Export Control Requirements

Posted on October 12, 2008
Secretary of State Rice yesterday signed an order rescinding the designation of North Korea (officially the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, effective immediately. Even though North Korea?s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism is rescinded, certain U...

Florida Electronics Company Settles BIS Enforcement Case Involving Exports to Russia for $170,000

Posted on October 10, 2008
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that America II Electronics, Inc., an electronics wholesaler based in St. Petersburg, Florida, agreed to pay a $170,000 ($42,500 per violation) civil penalty to settle allegations that it exported certain electronic...

Upcoming Export and FCPA Compliance Training Programs

Posted on October 10, 2008
Join us for the following export and FCPA compliance training programs. See the links below for further details and registration information: 1. October 22, 2008, San Antonio, Texas - Complying with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) in the Invigorated Enforcement Environment...

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