by Will Harwell | Sep 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Facility Registration Renewal is about to begin—starting Oct. 1 and continuing through Dec. 31, 2022. All food facilities in your clients’ supply chains must submit a timely renewal. Failure to do so will cause product to...
by Will Harwell | Jul 26, 2022 | News & Events
Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a joint alert on potential Russian and Belarusian attempts to evade US export controls. The alert directed to financial institutions outlines export...
by Will Harwell | Jul 12, 2022 | News & Events
While addressing the attendees at the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Update Conference on June 30, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod announced four enforcement policy changes that take effect immediately. The changes “are designed to...
by Will Harwell | Jun 17, 2022 | News & Events
Yesterday, the president officially signed OSRA into law. As reported Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the Senate version (S.3580) by a vote of 369-42. This bill revises requirements governing ocean shipping to increase the authority of the Federal...
by Will Harwell | Jun 8, 2022 | News & Events
In light of the continuing efforts to combat COVID–19, the U.S. Trade Representative has determined that a 6-month extension of the 81 COVID-19-related product exclusions is warranted. DATES: The extensions announced in this notice will extend the product exclusions...
by Will Harwell | Apr 13, 2022 | News & Events
Effective March 28, 2022, The U.S. Trade Representative determined to extend 89 exclusions exclusions on List 2, 187 exclusions on List 3, and 42 exclusions on List 4. With the exception of separately addressed extensions of the COVID-19 exclusions, the exclusions...
by Audrey Chaney | Aug 5, 2021 | News & Events
Implementation of Phase VI of the Lacey Act enforcement schedule has been delayed to October 1, 2021. The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 amended the Lacey Act to provide, among other things, that importers submit a declaration at the time of importation...
by Audrey Chaney | Aug 5, 2021 | News & Events
U.S. import demand is stronger than ever as inventory-to-sales ratios remain painfully low. Yet there’s rising risk to shipping volumes on the supply side of the equation: Most American containerized imports come from China and elsewhere in Asia, where the delta...
by Audrey Chaney | Aug 5, 2021 | News & Events
Ocean carriers continue to shift tonnage from intra-Asia and north-south trades to more lucrative east-west routes, which is in turn driving freight rates up on these secondary trades. Alphaliner said its data showed transpacific routes between Asia and North America...
by Audrey Chaney | Aug 5, 2021 | News & Events
With so many unforeseen incidents stalling global trade, ongoing delays have sharply reduced the system’s effective capacity and put upward pressure on shipping rates that began reaching record highs months ago. Unfortunately, carriers have no extra ships to meet a...
