On January 28, 2010 attorneys from Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP (GDLSK), Alan R. Klestadt (aklestadt@gdlsk.com) and Frances P. Hadfield (fhadfield@gdlsk.com) issued a flyer called “Product Safety Duty…
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BIS updated “Freight Forwarder Guidance” material on its website. The text carries vagueness about circumstances when the “agent” (i.e. freight forwarder) may get into trouble when it takes upon itself…
U.S.-Singapore FTA was signed in 2003 and came into force in 2004. After more than 5 years, surprisingly little attention was given to the practical saving potential companies can, and…
CBP “updates” to its website that came this August do not bring much new. There is still work to be done for “Other Agencies” section, for example, that does not…
It appears that jurisdictional issues regarding dry “chicken” soup mixes and like products cause much confusion not only among importers, but also within government circles. The “clarification” that went out…
International Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has published a good article on FCPA in its 2009 Spring issue (subscription required), with its supplemental overview, of International…
On June 4th opinion letter, CPSC’s Office of General Counsel attempted to clarify the meaning of children’s product with respect to ball point pens. It appears to be an industry…
If one tries to bring LED light bulbs, she may rely on 8539.39.0000 classification based on N020620 (2007), which is presumptively valid 2.4% duty category. Mr. Campanelli, a CBP National…
Office of Foreign Assets and Controls (OFAC) posted .pdf screen shots of its presentation symposium. Most of information is a form of restatement of governmental policies. There are some interesting…
All importers and exporters need to assign a statistical reporting number (harmonized tariff modified to reporting requirements of an overseeing agency) to their goods. In the case of imports, it…