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E-Commerce and International Mail Guidance – Using a Customs Qualified Party

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Wondering how to manage international postal shipments to the United States now that duty-free de minimis is gone?  You are not alone. Customs recently provided guidance for duties on international mail in accordance with Executive Order 14324 that suspends duty-free de minimis treatment for all countries. CSMS # 66311990 dated 9/22/25 provides details on the […]

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Clarification of electronic delivery of CBP Courtesy Notice; CF28, CF29, & CF4647

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Are you a Customs broker who upset about no longer receiving an electronic copy of a CBP courtesy notice?  You are not alone. Customs recently provided clarification regarding electronic notices in their August 18, 2022, CSMS #52984667 – Forms Courtesy Notice for Filers.  In this CSMS message Customs clarifies that “the legacy ACE Portal Forms […]

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CBP broker regulations 111 webinar – June 17th

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Trade (OT) is hosting an event regarding propose changes to broker regulations.  The webinar is on June 17 at 2 p.m. ET, and will cover the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) recommendations to the customs broker regulations in 19 CFR 111. In short, CBP proposes […]

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CBP Trade Summit 2022 – registration opens June 1st!

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  This one is not to be missed!  For the first time, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) symposium and the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) conference will be combined into a single event; The 2022 Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security Summit.  The event will be held in Anaheim, California on July 18th-20th. […]

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USTR issues List 3 product exclusion list

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On November 7, 2019 the Office of the U.S. Representative (USTR) released a notice granting and additional 36 exclusions from the 301 China duties. Prior, on October 28, 2019, the Federal Register notice (84 FR 57802) was issued notating that these exclusions would be retroactive to September 24, 2018 and extends through August 7, 2020. […]

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Section 321 entry type 86 deployed in ACE

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On September 28, 2019, CBP deployed the new Entry Type 86 for Section 321 (low-valued shipments) through ACE. Trade users will benefit from this enhancement by being able to now electronically transmit low-valued shipment data to Customs. Using entry type 86 transaction, which includes importer and/or consignee information, the entry is transmitted via the Automated […]

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Update on Post Summary Corrections (PSC) for importers

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With the transition to ACE over the last few years, one of the big benefits was the improvement of the Post Summary Corrections(PSC) filing process.  With that, importers were looking forward to correcting entries quickly, easily, and less-expensively, regardless of the original filer. However, last year, CustomsNow identified a bug in ACE which was preventing […]

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Additional broker verifications on importers

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According to this Federal Register notice, CBP is proposing amendments to the current broker verification regulations, and WOW!, it’s going to be a lot of additional work for the broker.  This proposed amendment will require customs brokers to collect certain information from importers to enable the broker to verify the identity of an importer.  CBP […]

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