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Apr 21, 2025
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in two Federal Register notices said it is soliciting public comments for Section 232 investigations for pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.
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Apr 21, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in CSMS guidance on Friday, April 18, that effective 12:01 a.m. ET on May 2 goods from China and Hong Kong are not eligible for the de minimis exemption, must be entered under an appropriate entry type, such as a type 11 or 01 entry, and will be subject to all applicable duties, taxes, and fees.
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Apr 14, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is stepping up efforts to review food import entries, as concerns increase over inaccurate identification of the "FSV Importer" on entry documents. The Food Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) places responsibility on importers to verify that their foreign suppliers are producing food that meets U.S. food safety standards.
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Apr 14, 2025
President Trump on April 9 signed the “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance” Executive Order in an effort to enhance the U.S. shipbuilding capacity and maritime workforce as a countermeasure to China’s current maritime industry dominance.
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Apr 14, 2025
To help users navigate the upgraded ACE platform, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published modernized ACE Portal training guides which are available in the Modernized ACE Portal section of the ACE Training and Reference Guides webpage.
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Apr 14, 2025
The White House on April 3 published its Report to the President on the America First Trade Policy in which President Trump instructed the Treasury and Commerce departments, as well as the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), to provide a report on myriad trade-related topics.
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Apr 9, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel at all U.S. ports of entry have begun detentions of sea salt products produced by Taepyung Salt Farm, effective April 2. The agency said it issued the WRO against Taepyung Salt Farm based on information that “reasonably indicates the use of forced labor” in violation of 19 U.S.C. § 1307 in the production of that merchandise.
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Apr 9, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is currently soliciting for a Centralized Examination Station (CES) in the Area Port of Houston/Galveston, Houston Seaport. Applications for the CES will be accepted for 60 days, from April 4 to June 3.
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Apr 2, 2025
The USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will expand the Risk-Based Sampling at Ports of Entry (RBS POE) program to include new varieties of lettuce arriving at select U.S. ports of entry starting the week of March 31.
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Apr 2, 2025
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. unveiled a major restructuring plan for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that calls for 10,000 additional personnel cuts, centralization of functions and a consolidation of 28 divisions into 15, resulting in budget savings of $1.8 billion annually for the sprawling agency.
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