What Happened This Month in International Trade – November | Customs & International Trade Law Blog

Notable commerce developments – November 2024. 

Customs and Border Safety (CBP)

CBP launched the October 2024 month-to-month replace. Highlights:

Stopped 557 shipments for additional examination primarily based on the suspected use of pressured labor
Seized 1677 shipments that contained counterfeit items
Recognized $3.6M in duties and costs owed to the U.S. authorities

CBP was the one federal company chosen as one in every of Army.com’s High 25 Employers for Veterans 2025.
Reminder: The Customs Dealer Allow Person Payment quantity modified from $174.80 to $180.57. All dealer permits issued on or after October 1, 2024, are topic to the brand new consumer payment.
CBP seized greater than $18 million in faux Gibson guitars in largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on file.

Bureau of Trade and Safety (BIS)

BIS revealed an up to date model of Don’t Let This Occur to You!, a listing of case examples highlighting BIS enforcement efforts together with legal instances.
BIS revealed a ultimate rule imposing new controls on exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to Pakistan to deal with diversion considerations.

Division of Homeland Safety (DHS)

DHS added 30 further corporations, together with steel and meals producers, to the Uyghur Compelled Labor Prevention Act Entity Listing.

Workplace of International Asset Management (OFAC)

OFAC introduced the issuance of a $1,104,408 penalty in opposition to a person for 75 violations of OFAC sanctions on Iran. The violations associated to remittance of funds between the USA and Iran with the intention to buy, renovate, and function a lodge in Iran.

Client Product Security Fee (CPSC)

The CPSC’s Workplace of Common Counsel circulated a employees briefing memorandum recommending approval and publication of a ultimate rule implementing the eFiling proposal.
The CPSC revealed a Discover of Proposed Rulemaking to make the security customary for aquatic toys, particularly youngster neck floats, extra stringent.
The CPSC issued a ultimate rule implementing new security requirements for tender toddler and toddler carriers.

The Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

NOAA fisheries launched its seafood Motion Plan after an intensive, year-long assessment of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP). Motion Plan gadgets embrace a two-tiered reporting system, pre-entry screening, and simplified information components.

U.S. Division of Agriculture (USDA)

USDA’s Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS) introduced their choice To authorize the importation of contemporary Hass avocado from Guatemala into the USA.

Federal Commerce Fee (FTC)

The FTC despatched greater than $140,000 to customers deceived by false Made in USA claims by two New England primarily based clothes corporations.

U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA)

The FDA issued a request for public enter on its export certification course of for human meals merchandise.

Division of Justice (DoJ)

Ukrainian nationwide concerned in scheme to export dual-use excessive precision jig grinder to Russia sentenced to 33 months in jail.

Congress

Ten members of the Home Methods and Means Committee launched a invoice that might forbid the president from utilizing the Worldwide Emergency Financial Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs or quotas on imports.
The U.S.-China Financial and Safety Overview Fee launched a report recommending that Congress revoke China’s everlasting regular commerce relations standing with the USA.

U.S. Court docket of Worldwide Commerce (ITC)

The CIT dominated that it has jurisdiction over all denied protests of CBP detention selections and that CBP has the ultimate authority over all detentions.

World Commerce Group (WTO)

WTO launched its thirty first Commerce Monitoring Report, discovering that restrictive commerce measures from 20 of the world’s main economies “considerably elevated” over the previous 12 months.

Trade Information

President-elect Donald Trump introduced key cupboard nominations and employees appointments together with nominees for Secretary of State, Homeland Safety, Vitality, and Veterans Affairs. See the complete listing right here.
In a sequence of posts on Reality Social, President-Elect Donald Trump pledged to impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a ten% tariff on imports from China.
Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland and the Minister of Public Security, Dominic LeBlanc launched a joint assertion on President-Elect Trump’s tariff announcement.
The U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the Federal Circuit scheduled oral arguments in HMTX Industries LLC v. United States, the Part 301 case. The arguments shall be heard starting at 10:00 am on January 8, 2025.

Worldwide

The European Council formally adopted a ban on merchandise made with pressured labor, following a yearslong lawmaking course of. The brand new laws will apply about three years after publication within the Official Journal of the EU.