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

Administration 

  • President Trump said that he will impose 50% tariffs on any country that sells military weapons to Iran. 
  • President Trump said that the U.S. will consider tariff and sanctions relief for Iran as it negotiates an end to the war.  

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

  • CBP released a new Harmonized System Update containing over 500 Automated Broker Interface records and 116 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, including updates to 232 duties on aluminum, steel, and copper imports. 
  • CBP and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) seized nearly 350,000 batteries that did not comply with child protective packaging standards. 

Court of International Trade (CIT) stayed on another IEEPA refund case filed by importer Euro-Notions Florida, and reissued its order requiring CBP to pay IEEPA refunds for all unliquidated, not finally liquidated, and finally liquidated entries.  

Department of Labor (DOL) 

  • DOL introduced new tools to support supply chain integrity and address unf
  • The lead plaintiff in the IEEPA refund case filed a notice of dismissal in its case at the CIT on April 6. Shortly after, Judge Eaton lifted their foreign labor practices. 

United States Trade Representative (USTR) 

  • U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that USMCA negotiations are likely to continue past the July 1 deadline, citing the Trump Administration’s dissatisfaction with a lot of the outcomes of USMCA, including a significant surge of auto imports from Mexico and steel and aluminum imports from both countries. 

U.S. Department of the Treasury 

  • Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCen) and OFAC issued a joint proposed rule to implement provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act).  

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) 

  • OFAC issued Russia-related General License 13Q, “Authorizing Certain Administrative Transactions Prohibited by Directive 4 under Executive Order 14024.”  
  • OFAC published Spanish translations of several Venezuela General Licenses, including licenses involving Venezuelan-origin oil, petrochemical products, and diluents.   

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 

  • Importer F&D international filed a complaint against the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, alleging the FDA unjustifiably detained shipments of imported frozen roasted eel. 
  • The FDA posted new and revised Import Alerts on several products including: raw and cooked shrimp from India, processed foods for pesticides, and new tobacco products without required marketing authorization. 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

  • USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) extended the comment period for the amendments to the regulation that provides for the issuance of annual licenses to import certain dairy products under tariff rate quotas. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)  

  • CPSC added two new frequently asked questions to its eFiling website, guiding filing requirements for noncommercial products and resold products that are meant to be distributed in commerce. 

International News 

  • China published new supply-chain security and retaliation regulations establishing a formal system for investigating and responding to foreign actions deemed harmful to the country’s industrial and supply‑chain security. 

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