Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade law news:

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

  • CBP adopted its final rule requiring continuing education for individual customs broker license holders (individual brokers) and the framework for administering this requirement.
  • CBP Releases May 2023 monthly operational update.
  • CBP announced the launch of a new mobile application to enable travelers potentially eligible to enter under the Visa Waiver Program to submit ESTA applications easily and quickly from their smartphones, mobile devices or tablets.
  • CBP seeking participants for the Global Business Identifier Initiative.
  • Quota bulletin: third quarter tariff rate quota (TRQ) for steel articles of Japan or the United Kingdom.
  • Quota Bulletin: third quarter tariff rate quota (TRQ) for steel mill articles of European Union (EU) member countries.

U.S. International Trade Commission

  • The U.S. International Trade Commission is expected to publish the latest 484(f) changes in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) on July 1.

Department of Commerce

  • Biden-Harris Administration announces $575 million for coastal and great lakes climate resilience through Investing in America Agenda.
  • Carton-closing staples from China: Final results of sunset review and revocation of Order.
  • Preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative review: Carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from the Republic of Korea.
  • Preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative review: Large diameter welded pipe from Greece.
  • Rescission of countervailing duty administrative review: Sulfanilic acid from India.
  • Amended preliminary determination of less-than-fair-value investigation: Paper file folders from the socialist republic of Vietnam.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  • The Biden-Harris Administration announced the inaugural “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program.”

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

  • Settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Swedbank AS (Latvia).
  • Sanctions list updates:

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

  • Alex M. Chintella named Administrative Law Judge of the FMC.

U.S. Congress

  • Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the De Minimis Reciprocity Act of 2023 to stop China and other countries from “abusing U.S. trade laws that allow small dollar imports into the U.S. duty free.”