US Customs and Border Protection

"We're not going to stand by as bad actors are profiting off the sale of illegal products that are addicting our nation's youth," declared Brian King, director of the FDA's Tobacco Center, signaling a new era of regulatory action against the vaping industry....

The closures of the U.S. land borders with Mexico and Canada for non-essential travel have been extended another month to curb the spread of COVID-19. The land borders will remain closed through September 21, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced in a tweet on Friday morning. The...

The U.S.-Canada border will remain closed for nonessential travel until Aug. 21 after both governments agreed to extend the restriction by 30 days to curb the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. Today, Canada and the United States have agreed to extend the...

The drug bust aboard the container-ship MSC Gayane on June 17, 2019, was spectacular in every sense: the largest drug seizure in U.S. history, over a billion dollars' worth of cocaine, a ship operated by one of the world's largest carriers and owned by one of America's largest banks, a conspiracy...

Some members of the border trade community said the new 90-day duty deferral option will provide some relief for importers and brokers during the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump announced the deferral on April 18. It allows for the delayed deposit of customs duties that were due March...

Cross-border freight volumes across Mexico are suffering due to a significant drop in demand, according to transportation officials. The decline is linked to the closure of truck-making and auto parts plants across Mexico to contain the coronavirus, as well as the March 30 executive order by...

To decrease the spread of coronavirus across North America, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has raised restrictions on cross-border passenger traffic during the past week with Canada and Mexico but continues to facilitate commercial trade between the countries. Members of the Washington,...

The Port of Alaska at Anchorage serves as a lifeline for many Alaskan residents that benefit from scheduled container loads of groceries and other consumer products from the Lower 48 states. While public nerves in the state were rattled by supply concerns when Alaska's governor on March 27 issued...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it will do its part to keep imports of medical gear flowing efficiently into the country as hospitals scramble for equipment to protect their workers against COVID-19 infections. Since President Trump's March 13 national emergency declaration, CBP has...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has tentatively picked 10 locations across the country, which include mostly airports, for its reimbursable services program. The program allows private sector and public agencies to reimburse CBP for expanded services for incoming cargo traffic and...

The timing could not be better for the U.S. medical community, which is scrambling to find additional protective gear to combat the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), when Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced this week that it has lifted an import hold on one of the world's largest...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on March 17 that it has cancelled the next nationwide customs broker license exam, which was scheduled for April 1. The agency attributed the cancellation to "the unprecedented situation related to coronavirus (COVID-19) across the country, and...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Philadelphia airport recently intercepted and removed an express shipment of counterfeit electric toothbrush heads from Turkey before they could end up in the hands of unwitting American consumers. The 1,440 counterfeit Oral-B electric...

The U.S. and Mexican governments have committed to expand a program to enhance shared customs processing of U.S.-bound cargo along the shared land-border between the two countries. The announcement was made at the conclusion of the 12th Plenary Meeting of the 21st Century Border Management...

The Trump administration's proposed fiscal year 2021 budget requires an additional $160 million to hire additional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and other specialists to sufficiently staff the nation's 328 ports of entry, according to National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). The...