In the modern world of ABIs, ACEs and electronic manifests, members of international trade community become more and more removed from traditional method of paper releases and old fashioned stamps. …
Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits federal government, which includes Customs and Border Protection (CBP), from depriving a person of property without due process of law. Fifth Amendment requires…
Census Bureau is making a “generous” offer to members of the U.S. export trade community: 12 months of data free of charge every 365 days. All one needs to do…
Since Texport Oil Co. v. U.S. decision in 1999, it is an accepted practice for unused merchandise drawback claimants (19 U.S.C. 1313(j)) to request a refund for Merchandise Processing Fee…
A scary trend is on the way, which may become a nightmare for customs and trade compliance professionals. The trend can lead to a job loss because those professionals may…
Almost 2 1/2 years ago LawCustoms published an article dealing with classification of LED bulbs/lamps suggesting 8539.39.0000 classification based on N020620 (2007). The interpretative methodology with respect to LED bulbs/lamps classification has evolved since…
On March 26, 2012, CBP published withdrawal notice (77 Fed.Reg. 17,367) that has gotten rid of proposed rulemaking (75 Fed.Reg. 66,050) to allow brokers, upon client’s consent in a written…
The country of origin concept keeps revisiting members of the international trade community all the time. Some would like to know how to mark their products and packaging. Others are…
Demographic map of the United States is tilting toward a higher age median. The tilt is accompanied by the increased demand for medical appliances that assist many aging Americans in…
Customs Ruling Online Search System(CROSS) seems not to be working for now, with constant results coming back as “No documents matched your query, try redefining your search criteria.” Whatever the problem is on the…
