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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has collected more than $106 billion in customs revenue since Donald Trump assumed the presidency, with a significant portion attributed to the administration’s tariffs. What Happened: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on...

The European Union (EU) is considering imposing on inexpensive goods bought online through Chinese retailers like Alibaba Group Holding Limited‘s (NASDAQ:BABAF) rivals Shein and PDD Holdings‘ (NASDAQ:PDD) Temu. What Happened: The European Commission is set to propose the abolition of...

The U.S. Customs Operations Office recently seized a large shipment of marijuana that was concealed as broccoli at the border of Texas and Mexico. The total shipment is believed to be valued at more than $630,000. The pot was discovered on Saturday, May 16 at an international bridge in Pharr, Texas...

Further, verified, details have emerged of the three people allegedly involved in Australia's largest onshore seizure of just under 1.6 tonnes (1.76 U.S. tons) of methamphetamine ("ice") and 37 kilograms (81.6 pounds) of heroin. The drugs were discovered following investigations by the Australian...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said its officers in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last week coordinated the shipment of "hundreds of pounds" of apparel and "more than a dozen" generators to the Bahamas in support of the hurricane recovery effort there.  Slow-moving Hurricane Dorian, with...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is making good on its mandate to detect and halt import products that include the use of child or forced labor during their manufacture.  The agency announced October 1 the issuance of five "withhold release orders" covering five imported products from five...

Air freight forwarders foresee the benefits of filing electronic air-cargo manifests with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), but many are still reluctant to climb on board without clearer direction from the agency.  "Forwarder participation in CBP's voluntary Electronic Export Manifest [EEM]...