US Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said its officers at the northern border crossing of International Falls, Minnesota, stopped a shipment of 1,088 counterfeit LED screens from entering the consumer market. The screens, which the agency's officers discovered on Feb. 12 in two 40-foot...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it collected $71.9 billion in import duties during fiscal year 2019, a 73% increase over the previous fiscal year.  When additional fees and taxes were included, the agency took in a total $80.7 billion for the fiscal year.  CBP announced the record...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will add ocean and international mail shipments to an electronic pilot program that collects advance data on e-commerce shipments with import values of less than the $800 de minimis. The Section 321 E-Commerce Data Pilot was announced by CBP on July 23 and...

An advisory group of private-sector trade compliance specialists recommended that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) moves forward with its effort to turn the current export manifest filing process paperless. During a Dec. 4 meeting in Washington, D.C., CBP's Commercial Customs Operations...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Nov. 19 said it has collected $3,320,425 for various customs violations from an importer of machinery that is used in the production of optical lenses. According to CBP, the violations occurred when Satisloh, which is headquartered in Baar, Switzerland,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will increase inspections of imported tomatoes and peppers by Nov. 22 to protect against the introduction of the tomato brown rugose virus (ToBRFV). The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) ordered the inspections on Nov. 18. "For...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is preparing to begin testing the first of three enhancements to its online truck manifest portal in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Phase one, expected to start in December, includes several new features for the cross-border trucking industry...

Patricia Compres, co-owner of Miami-based Advance Customs Brokers and Consultants, works in a 24-hour world, which doesn't always align with the regular operating hours of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when it comes to securing necessary cargo inspections. Advance Customs Brokers is...

When it comes to implementing mandatory U.S. air cargo security regulations, freight forwarders have proven adept at deploying the latest detection technologies at their facilities, but one of their most effective tools to date has four paws and a powerful nose. The Implementing Recommendations of...

The Trump administration is considering revoking past guidance on how U.S. maritime law is interpreted, a move that could expose offshore oil, gas and wind operations to more foreign-flag vessels. The proposal, announced Oct. 23 in a bulletin notice by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico, seized 1,072 rechargeable deep cycle lead batteries that were found to be counterfeit, the agency announced. The batteries displayed a "Reverse RU," a trademark owned by Spanish battery manufacturer Rekoser....

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport seized 14,806 pairs of counterfeit Nike shoes with an estimated manufacturer's suggested retail price of about $2.2 million.  The CBP officers coordinated the seizure with the agency's import specialists assigned to...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has adjusted the amounts for its merchandise processing fees (MPF) for fiscal year 2020 to reflect changes due to inflation. The agency said the MPF ad valorem rate of 0.3464% will not change. However, the MPF minimum and maximum for formal import entries (class...

There are several reasons that voters in the U.S. have begun to legalize marijuana across the nation. Increased tax revenue, medical benefits and the introduction of new jobs have all played a role in the spreading support for legal marijuana. However, some argue that the most important impact of...