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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said its 2,500 officers and other personnel across Florida are working with their counterparts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as state and local government officials, in preparation of Hurricane Dorian. Diane J. Sabatino, CBP's...

The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) Rapid Response Subcommittee on Aug. 21 proposed that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) support a "Northern Triangle Trade and Job Promotion Act" to promote exports of apparel, agricultural products and other regional economic staples to...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaport complex halted the illegal import of Chinese-made firearm parts valued at $378,225. CBP announced that it intercepted and seized an illicit shipment containing about 5,600 firearm parts from China at the Los...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection systems at airports nationwide encountered an unexpected outage Friday afternoon, leaving passengers waiting in extremely long lines, according to multiple news outlets. It is unclear how, if at all, the outage will affect cargo processing. "CBP is experiencing...

Customs and Border Protection late this month will start live testing for blockchain's applicability to intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement, according to a document posted online in preparation for the August 21 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting in Buffalo,...

Customs and Border Protection will conduct a test to examine new functionalities for de minimis entry filings in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) beginning no earlier than September 28, CBP announced. The ACE Entry Type 86 Test "will allow CBP to address the growing volume of Section 321...

A seamless shipping experience through customs involves foresight, planning and a seamless transit process. However, it's not unusual for delays to occur, some out of your control. These are six of the most common reasons cargo gets held up in customs. Incorrect or missing documentation Shipping...

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: new FAST lane in Laredo, Pharr Bridge sees mixed results, sales of heavy duty trucks plunge in Mexico, Doggett Industries acquires trailer business and Border Patrol...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated its seizure mitigation guidelines involving licensed and non-licensed exports for its officers at the nation's ports of entry. The new guidelines, which were developed by CBP's Office of Regulations and Rulings, are part of a larger update involving...

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspection policies "don't reflect new technology or threats" and are "outdated," according to an August 6 report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). CBP border inspections for passenger and commercial vehicles currently include...

Customs and Border Protection should update some policies for port-of-entry inspections to help ensure that officers have necessary guidance to consistently and properly perform examinations, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report released Aug. 6. Some CBP inspection policies...

The explosion of cross-border e-commerce in the United States is bringing with it increased scrutiny and enforcement of electronic shipment filing that's leaving truck drivers more exposed to monetary fines. On January 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began enforcing a regulation...

After President Donald Trump assumed the Oval Office, several controversies have surfaced over immigration into the United States. The infamous travel ban imposed by the president on nationals of seven — and then six in the second rendition of the ban — predominantly Muslim countries...