Top Stories: High Tariff Rates
White House Action on Trade with China Includes Tariff Rate Changes May 15, 2024 – The Biden Administration announced this week that President Biden will raise tariffs on certain imports from China. The tariff rate increases will affect imports from China on steel and aluminum, semiconductors, electric vehicles, batteries, critical minerals, solar cells, ship-to-shore cranes, […]
Top Stories: Managing De Minimis
CBP: Help Needed Managing De Minimis Entries May 8, 2024 – Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Troy Miller, who will be a keynote speaker at AAEI’s upcoming annual conference, says the agency needs help managing the rising number of de minimis entries. At a recent Congressional hearing, Miller testified that number […]
Top Stories: Fentanyl Trafficking
Foreign Aid Package Intensifies Sanctions Enforcement, Fentanyl Investigations May 1, 2024 – President Biden signed a foreign aid package last Wednesday, aimed at increasing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The legislation also included noteworthy changes to U.S. sanctions and export control laws, including measures to help thwart fentanyl trafficking. The law changed the […]
Top Stories: Import Data Submissions
Strike Threat Forces Canada to Phase-In CARM April 24, 2024 – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced last week that it will delay the launch of its Customs Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) system for “trade chain partners” to October. It will continue with its planned launch on May 13th, but only internally, for […]
Top Stories: New Trade Bills
Package of Trade Bills Targeting China Advances April 17, 2024 – The House Ways and Means Committee announced a package of trade bills targeting China this week. The package went to markup today, where a variety of amendments were proposed. The package includes measures that AAEI members follow closely, including a bill on de minimis […]
Top Stories: Textiles Crack Down
DHS Announces Crack Down on Illicit Textile Imports April 10, 2024 – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detailed a new enforcement strategy on illicit trade in the textiles industry. DHS says the 6-point strategy will be a “blueprint for future strengthened enforcement efforts.” The strategy includes intensified targeting of small package shipments claiming the […]
Top Stories: Supply Chain Challenge
Bridge Collapse Cleanup Work Affecting Supply Chain April, 2024 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is requiring automobiles that were cleared for export at the Port of Baltimore be transported to another port under bond. The port remains closed after last week’s bridge collapse. Baltimore Port Director Adam Rottman says it’s too early to […]
Top Stories: ACE & Type 86
Automated Enforcement Coming for Entry Type 86 Transactions March 28, 2024 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) will be updated soon to require importers to file Entry Type 86 transactions prior to or upon the arrival of the cargo. In a bulletin last week, CBP said if […]
Top Stories: DHS’s AI Roadmap
DHS Announces AI Roadmap and AI Pilot Projects March 20, 2024 – DHS Secretary Mayorkas and CIO/Chief AI Officer Eric Hysen announced this week the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Roadmap and 3 pilot projects to show the potential uses of AI across DHS. The pilot projects include the use of AI […]
Top Stories: Export Controls Warning
U.S. to Foreign Companies: Take Export Controls Seriously March 13, 2024 – The Department of Justice issued a “Tri-Seal Compliance Note” last week, warning that foreign companies may face civil and criminal penalties if they fail to take U.S. export controls “seriously.” For example, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) can take enforcement action […]