The broadest set of changes to tariff classification in five years is set to take effect toward the end of January, as the latest set of amendments to the World Customs Organization's Harmonized System tariff nomenclature is implemented in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. Announced by a presidential proclamation published Dec. 28, the changes are slated to take effect 30 days after that, Jan. 27 (see 2112270032). This is the fifth part of International Trade Today's multipart summary, covering textiles and apparel of chapters 50-63.

Many companies may not have insight into where their raw materials come from, said Wiley lawyers while speaking on a webinar about preparing for the enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. But doing the best they can to eradicate any links to the Xinjiang province in China is needed to lower the risk that goods could be detained under suspicion of forced labor, given that imports with links to Xinjiang will be assumed to be made with forced labor, starting in June.

The broadest set of changes to tariff classification in five years is set to take effect toward the end of January, as the latest set of amendments to the World Customs Organization's Harmonized System tariff nomenclature is implemented in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. Announced by a presidential proclamation published Dec. 28, the changes are slated to take effect 30 days after that, Jan. 27 (see 2112270032). This is the fourth of International Trade Today's multipart summary, covering plastic and rubber products, wood and wood products, and paper products of chapters 39-49.

FDA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other agencies with a hand in regulating trade included several new import-related rules on their regulatory agendas for fall 2021. FDA finally hopes to issue a proposal on certifications for high-risk imports, while NOAA lists two rules amending its regulations on seafood import permits and certifications of admissibility.

The broadest set of changes to tariff classification in five years is set to take effect toward the end of January, as the latest set of amendments to the World Customs Organization's Harmonized System tariff nomenclature is implemented in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. Announced by a presidential proclamation published Dec. 28, the changes are slated to take effect 30 days after that, on Jan. 27 (see 2112270032). This is the third of International Trade Today's multipart summary, covering chemical products, pharmaceutical products and explosives of chapters 28-38.

The Border Interagency Executive Council is meeting the functions spelled out in a 2014 White House executive order that tasked the BIEC with coordinating the government's trade requirements (see 14021928), it said in a new "report card." The council will continue to advance the functions mentioned in the EO, which include improving agency review of electronic data, encouraging foreign governments to use single window systems and developing metrics to measure ACE and other border management coordination, the BIEC said.

The broadest set of changes to tariff classification in five years is set to take effect toward the end of January, as the latest set of amendments to the World Customs Organization's Harmonized System tariff nomenclature is implemented in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. Announced by a presidential proclamation published Dec. 28, the changes are slated to take effect 30 days after that, on Jan. 27 (see 2112270032). This is the second of International Trade Today's multipart summary, covering fats and oils, food preparations and tobacco products of Chapters 15-24 of the HTS.

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Importers are concerned that they will face a higher likelihood of goods being detained over the suspicion of forced labor come June without having the benefit of government advice on effective due diligence and supply chain tracing. But even that advice may not be enough of a roadmap for companies to be sure they can escape the rebuttable presumption that the item they are importing that could have inputs linked to Uyghur labor or Xinjiang production should be barred from entry into the United States, said Ted Murphy, a partner at Sidley Austin.

CBP detained a total of 912 shipments between Oct. 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021 over the possible use of forced labor on the goods, the agency said in recently updated trade statistics for fiscal year 2022. The agency didn't reach a similar number of detentions until August last year (see 2108300032) and reported 90 detained shipments during the same period of FY21 (see 2101290050). The total value of the detained shipments for this current fiscal year so far is about $185.9 million, it said.