The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is planning a phased-in approach to assessing fees on foreign-built vessels calling at U.S. ports, according to an April 17 announcement unveiling the results of its year-long Section 301 investigation.
The Census Bureau this week added and removed Harmonized Tariff Schedule/Schedule B Classifications that require reporting in the Automated Export System for shipments of used vehicles. The agency added HTS/Schedule B number 8432.80.0010, which includes certain agricultural equipment listed as "tow behind spreaders, aerators, and de-thatchers," and it removed 8708.30.0050, which includes certain "other vehicles."
The Census Bureau updated the Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule tables in the Automated Export System to accept changes to the new Jan. 1 codes, the agency said in a Jan. 2 email. Census said AES will accept shipments with “outdated codes” for 30 days beyond their Dec. 31 expiration date, but reporting an outdated code after the grace period will result in a “fatal error.” Census also said it updated the Automated Commercial Environment AESDirect program with the codes, and the program will also accept outdated codes during the grace period.
The Bureau of Industry and Security fined a U.S.-based electronics manufacturer and supplier for the semiconductor industry $180,000 after it admitted to exporting 11 shipments to Russia without a license. BIS said the company, Indium Corporation of America, which has factories in Asia and Europe, failed to resolve multiple red flags involving shipments of solder wires, solder ribbon and solder preforms to a Russian defense contractor.
California-based electronics parts manufacturer and supplier Integra Technologies agreed to pay the Bureau of Industry and Security $3.3 million after admitting to violating U.S. export controls on Russia, telling BIS that it didn’t realize the transistors it was shipping needed an export license.
The Census Bureau emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
The Bureau of Industry and Security and its technical advisory committees should do more public outreach to make sure companies are aware of important export control updates sometimes buried in Federal Register notices, a BIS committee heard last week. That outreach is especially critical for companies working with industrial chemical processing equipment, a committee member and industry lawyer said, which has commercial uses but is increasingly drawing BIS scrutiny for its military capabilities, including in chemical weapons.
The Census Bureau emailed tips this week on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
The Census Bureau emailed tips last week on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
The Census Bureau on July 1 updated its tables of Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes that are no longer valid for the Automated Export System, the agency said in an email to industry. AES will accept shipments with outdated codes during a 30-day grace period that began when the codes expired June 30, Census said. Reporting an outdated code after the grace period will “result in a fatal error.”