Sequestration Causes Furloughs in CBP – What This Means for You

International passengers at Miami International Airport (MIA) have certainly felt the detrimental effects caused by the sequestration, as thousands have missed connecting flights - because of CBP processing delays. What should importer/exporters and those involved in international trade expect and what can be done?

By |2021-11-10T14:22:13-05:00March 25, 2013|Import, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)|Comments Off on Sequestration Causes Furloughs in CBP – What This Means for You

FDA Discusses TOP Reasons for Detention of Goods

At today's Import Operations Training, sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Florida Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association (FCBF), top officials from FDA traveled to Miami to educate importers and brokers. Topics ranged from a general overview of FDA compliance, TOP rationales for FDA detentions, Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) updates, an overview of the newly re-organized (now DIO) Division of Import Operations (formerly DIOP - policy has now been removed), an overview of CBP & FDA's Joint Team 488 - which handles liquidated damages claims for underlying FDA violations and much more. Highlights of the TOP rationale for detentions follows...

By |2021-11-10T14:22:59-05:00March 20, 2013|Best Practices, Cosmetics, Food, FSMA, Import, Import Alert, Medical Devices, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)|Comments Off on FDA Discusses TOP Reasons for Detention of Goods

File Your Petitions Timely, Or Else…

As of January 9, 2013, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is making procrastinators pay the price for filing untimely petitions that seek relief from liquidated damages. CBP amended it's guidelines for the cancellation and mitigation of claims for liquidated damages in cases where petitioners are late in filing claims for relief. Additionally, CBP also changed the formula for calculating late petition mitigation...

By |2021-11-10T14:24:13-05:00March 6, 2013|Best Practices, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)|Comments Off on File Your Petitions Timely, Or Else…
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