House of Representative Passes Legislation to Reinstate GSP

On June 11, 2015, the House of Representatives passed the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (H.R. 1295) to retroactively reinstate the General

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Mexico To Require Documented Evidence on Valuation

On April 20, 2015 the Mexican Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) published an amended version of the Customs Law Rules (Reglamento de la Ley
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CBP Provides Update on ACE Air Manifest Issues

On June 11, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #15-000355 providing a status update on the

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CBP Continues to Work on Resolving ACE Air Manifest Issues

As U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to work on resolving the issues caused by the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Air Manifest

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CBP Completes Emergency Actions to Resolve ACE Air Manifest Issues

On June 9, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #15-000348 advising the trade that numerous fixes

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CBP Schedules Emergency Outage to Resolve Processing Delays

On June 8, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #15-000346 announcing an additional Automated

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CBP Announces Weekend System Outages

On June 4, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #15-000328 announcing a temporary system outage

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FDA Publishes Draft Guidance on Voluntary Qualified Importer Program

On June 4, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release announcing the availability of a draft guidance on the Voluntary Qualified

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Department of State and BIS Propose Rules to Harmonize Regulatory Definitions

In two Federal Register Notices published on June 3, 2015, the Department of State and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed rules to align

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U.S. and Dominican Republic Sign Joint Work Plan

On May 28, 2015, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a press release announcing the signing of a Joint Work Plan (JWT) between the

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CBP Releases Harmonized System Update

n May 29, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #15-000313 announcing the release of Harmonized

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Department of State Formally Removes Cuba from Terror Sponsor List

On May 29, 2015, the U.S. Department of State officially removed Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List.   President Obama initially ordered the

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CBP Issues Notice of Intend to Distribute ADD/CVD Earnings to Affected Domestic Manufactures

In a Federal Register notice to be published on May 29, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a notice of intent to distribute collected

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CBP Announces Revised Date for Exporter Participation in C-TPAT

On May 26, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #15-000301 announcing the revised date for

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Department of State and BIS Propose Rules to Align Destination Control Statement in EAR and ITAR

In two Federal Register Notices published on May 22, 2015, the Department of State and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed rules to align

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