CBP will require type 86 entries to be filed “upon or prior to arrival” of the shipment beginning Feb. 15, it said in a notice modifying its Entry Type 86 test. The change from the current requirement, which is within 15 days of arrival of the cargo, is intended to address “enforcement challenges surrounding low-value shipments entered” via type 86, CBP said. The notice also “clarifies the consequences of misconduct” by participants in the pilot, including potential ineligibility for type 86 entry filing, the agency said.
The government is considering adding seafood to its list of priority enforcement targets, joining cotton, polysilicon and tomatoes, according to testimony at a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight hearing.
Coalition for a Prosperous America, an organization that has been arguing that de minimis should only apply to gifts and goods brought by consumers as they return from abroad (see 2312140046), wants to kill the Customs Modernization Act of 2023, the bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate that would update CBP authorities in a number of areas (see 2312110048).
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The Treasury Department published its fall 2023 regulatory agenda for CBP. The agenda includes a new mention of a proposed rule to amend CBP’s regulations on the entry of “certain low-value shipments not exceeding $800 that are eligible for an administrative exemption from duty and tax.”
The Commerce Department won't yet impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of mattresses from Indonesia, it said in a fact sheet announcing its preliminary determination in the CVD investigation. The agency calculated de minimis CV duty rates for all Indonesian exporters. Suspension of liquidation and antidumping duty cash deposit requirements are already in effect for mattresses from Indonesia under an AD order issued in 2021. Commerce may still suspend liquidation for CVD purposes and require AD cash deposits when it issues its final determination, due May 8.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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