The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will require a permit and additional data reporting for certain imported fish and fishery products. Starting January 1, 2018, failure to provide the appropriate permit information and/or sufficient...
President Trump has suggested a possible executive order to lower drug prices, which is to establish new trade policies that would strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) in other countries markets. IPR refers to legal rights given to inventors or innovators of...
We recently sat down with Customs and International Trade lawyers Jessica Rifkin and Roy León, to get their take on the current environment with respect to the White House, Customs, and inter-agency cooperation using the ACE system. Enforcement by Federal Agencies...
Three experienced regulatory team members from FDAImports.com attended the Florida International Medical Expo (FIME) in Orlando with great success. We had excellent conversations with industry professionals all along the medical device development, production and...
On June 1, 2017, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) published a notice to lift the antidumping duties imposed on Brazilian frozen warm water shrimp, while extending the antidumping duties currently imposed on shrimp from four Asian countries (China, Vietnam,...
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced and set July 8, 2017 as the effective date for reconciliation, duty deferral, drawback, collections and statement capabilities in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Please be advised that the previously used...
This year the FDAImports.com Government panel at Seafood Expo North America in Boston was again well attended, well reviewed and full of lively dialogue about where the Food & Drug Administration and U.S. Customs & Border Protection are going with respect to...
FDAImports Founder and CEO, Ben England, is moderating a panel discussion, “Why Pick on Me??? How FDA and the Partner Government Agencies Interact on Imports,” at the 2017 Seafood Expo in Boston. This session includes current and former officials from both Customs...
UPDATE 06/13/17: Customs has set an effective date for ACE- read here for more. Customs and Border Protection’s digital system – the “Automated Commercial Environment” (ACE) is only partially implemented. The U.S. trade community has long been aware of Customs and...
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