Canada to Require a Safe Food License for Manufactured Foods

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will require importers of manufactured food into Canada to obtain a valid Safe Food for Canadians (SFC)

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BIS Issues Rules to Ease Certain License Requirements

In a press release published on December 7, 2023, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced three rules to help ease some export licensing

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OFAC Updates Transaction Licenses for Certain Venezuelan Entities

In a bulletin published November 16, 2023, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced General License No. 8M,

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BIS Expands Nuclear Nonproliferation Controls on China and Macau

In a Federal Register Notice (FRN) on August 14, 2023, and corrected FRNs on August 21, 2023, and August 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s

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BIS Issues Best Practices for Medical-Related Items to Russia, Belarus, or Parts of Ukraine

On July 19, 2023, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published on its website a document addressing best practices for "submitting license

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CBP Announces Procedures for White Grape Juice Concentrate from Argentina Export Licenses

On May 9, 2023, in Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #56198175, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the export license procedures for

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Argentina Modifies List of Products Requiring Non-Automatic Licenses

On October 3, 2022, in Ruling 26/2022, Argentina’s Ministry of Economy published modifications to strengthen import operations required by the productive

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CBP Opens October 2022 Customs Broker License Exam Registration

On August 29, 2022, in Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #53098182, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) opened registration for the October 2022

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USDA Increases Dairy Import License Fees for 2023 Quota Year

On August 3, 2022, in a Federal Register Notice (FRN), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the license fee for “the importation of

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BIS Seeks Comments on Export License Exception Information Collection

On June 15, 2022, in a Federal Register Notice (FRN), the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a request for comments on

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Commerce Issues Reminder on New Required Data Elements for Aluminum Import Licenses

On May 31, 2022, in Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #52046238, the U.S. Commerce Department (Commerce) issued a reminder that two additional data

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Commerce Announces New Required Data Elements for Aluminum Import Licenses

On April 26, 2022, in Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #51720841, the U.S. Commerce Department (Commerce) announced that two additional data

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Hong Kong Issues Strategic Trade Controls Notice

On January 14, 2022, in Strategic Trade Controls Circular No. 2/2022, Hong Kong’s Trade and Industry Department issued a reminder of the application and

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BIS Proposes Clarifications and Expanded Restrictions on License Exceptions

On October 22, 2021, in a proposed rule, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed changes to the Export Administration

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FAS Announces Fee for Dairy Import Licenses for 2022 Quota Year

On September 8, 2021, in a Federal Register Notice, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) announced that the fee

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