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U.S.
October 17, 2016
Reminder – U.S. Food & Drug Administration Biennial Renewal Period
Under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), all food facilities that are required to register with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) need to submit a biennial renewal registration. FSMA requires facilities to re-register every 2 years during the period October 1 and ending December 31 in even numbered years. The renewal period opened on October 1, 2016 and must be completed by December 31, 2016 for the registration to remain in good standing. The owner, operator, or agent in charge of the facility, or a person authorized by one of them, can submit a facility’s registration renewal electronically at: http://www.access.fda.gov/
U.S. Customs New Enforcement Measures of Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Evasion
As part of the Enforcement and Protect Act, U.S. Customs is quickly implementing a new process to combat the evasion of antidumping and countervailing duties. Additional detail from Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg is available at: http://www.strtrade.com/news-publications-evasion-AD-CV-duties-CBP-investigation-093016.html
Hanjin Assets
Hanjin Shipping has been granted permission to sell assets including five container ships and 10 overseas businesses. Hanjin had debts of $5.4 billion and controlled 7 percent of the market share of trans-pacific container trade when they declared bankruptcy. Rehabilitating Hanjin in the current market would have been difficult considering the over capacity issues the container trade industry has faced for over a year now. Additional details are available at: http://www.joc.com/maritime-news/container-lines/hanjin-shipping/hanjin-liquidate-trans-pacific-operations_20161013.html
Goods Returned Claim Under USHTS#9801.0010
U.S. Customs has issued Ruling HQ H276787 that provides further clarification on new requirements for goods entered under duty-free subheading 9801.0010 that took effect this April. This subheading was previously only applicable to U.S. origin goods that had been exported and returned after not having been improved or advanced in value. As a result of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, this subheading now has been extended to goods that are not of U.S. origin as long as these goods have been returned within 3 years. Ruling as in link provides further detail, including specific requirements for use of subheading 9801.0010. Ruling H276787: http://rulings.cbp.gov/index.asp?ru=h276787&qu=H276787&vw=detail
Hanjin Containers Stranded
Total Terminals International announced last Tuesday it would accept empty Hanjin owned containers in Seattle and Long Beach. Of the 15,000 to 20,000 Hanjin containers that are still stranded in Southern California, 40 percent of these are leased by Hanjin and TTI is only accepting Hanjin owned containers. The Port of Long Beach is looking into options for storing these containers but it is complicated finding operators who will handle the service due to the uncertainly of compensation. Additional details are available at:http://www.joc.com/maritime-news/container-lines/hanjin-shipping/hanjin-leased-boxes-la-lb-stumbling-block_20161012.html
Canada
October 17, 2016
Advance Commercial Initiative EManifest Update
All carrier modes are required to transmit cargo and conveyance data in electronic form to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). A measured approach has been taken by CBSA in its penalty action for non compliance. Effective November 1, carriers who have never received a penalty, will receive a penalty at level 1 if non-compliant, and carriers who have previously received a penalty at level 1 and are non-compliant, will receive a level 2 penalty. Effective December 1, an additional penalty of level 3 penalties will be issued for non-compliance if a level 2 penalty had previously been issued to the carrier.
