As US Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) continues to pursue the expansion of Centers of Excellence and Expertise (CEEs) to industries beyond the current Pharmaceutical and Electronics, the agency is broadening its trade outreach to other industries for input. In an effort to keep this project moving, BDP International is hosting an event on February 29, 2012, starting at 10:00 a.m. in their corporate offices in Philadelphia, PA.
In a webcast on Mexican Foreign Trade’s Unique Portal, Ventanilla Unica de Comercio Exterior Mexicano (VUCEM), Lalo Solorzano of Integration Point discussed the significance of VUCEM, its process and requirements, and more. Included in the VUCEM process is the relevance and utility of a document submitted via VUCEM called Comprobante de Valor Electronico (COVE). During the Automation for Mexican Trade – VUCEM Explained webcast, there were several questions that could not be answered due to time constraints. As promised in the webcast, those questions and answers from Mr. Solorzano will be posted here on this blog. We have divided the questions and answers into four different categories with the first blog post covering general VUCEM information and the second blog post covering COVE details. Today’s post is about who is responsible for what when filing via VUCEM.
After the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) recent ruling, imports from non-market economy (NME) countries, like China and Vietnam, can no longer have countervailing duties applied against them by the Department of Commerce. This ruling upholds, on different grounds, a 2010 decision by the Court of International Trade (CIT) and is likely to be appealed to the US Supreme Court. If this ruling stands in the Supreme Court it could result in substantial refunds of countervailing duties. So, importers of goods from NME countries that are currently subject to countervailing duties should therefore act now to protect their rights to refunds for entries still within the protest period.
During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week, US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano revealed the US administration’s National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security. This strategy for global supply chain security is aimed at strengthening the global supply chain in order to protect the welfare and interests of the American people and secure the nation’s economic prosperity. Part of this new strategy also pushes for trading partners in Europe and Asia to tighten security for cargo, including an agreement by all on inspection and information sharing for shipments moving in and out of each country.
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As the World Customs Organization (WCO) celebrates its 60th anniversary, Kunio Mikuriya, the Secretary General, has decided that the theme for 2012, as well as International Customs Day (January 26, 2012) will be Connectivity. And fittingly the slogan for both is “Borders divide, Customs connects”.
In a webcast on Mexican Foreign Trade’s Unique Portal, Ventanilla Unica de Comercio Exterior Mexicano (VUCEM), Lalo Solorzano of Integration Point discussed the significance of VUCEM, its process and requirements, and more. Included in the VUCEM process is the relevance and utility of a document submitted via VUCEM called Comprobante de Valor Electronico (COVE). During the Automation for Mexican Trade – VUCEM Explained webcast, there were several questions that could not be answered due to time constraints. As promised in the webcast, those questions and answers from Mr. Solorzano will be posted here on this blog. We have divided the questions and answers into four different categories with the first blog covering general VUCEM information. Today’s post is about VUCEM’s official documents, like COVE.
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