Low-value shipments and imports of goods made with forced labor are among the regulations included on a list of those U.S. Customs and Border Protection anticipates publishing soon. The semiannual regulatory agendas of the departments of Homeland Security and the Treasury list the following regulations affecting international trade that could be issued within the next year. The expected timeframes for issuance of these rules are indicated in parentheses.
- a proposed rule to create a new process for entering low-value shipments and to require additional data elements for such shipments (July 2024; previously April 2024)
- proposed rules to require the advance submission of export manifest data through ACE for cargo transported by rail (July 2024, previously June 2024) and by vessel (September 2024; first time published)
- a proposed rule to update, modernize, and streamline the process for enforcing the prohibition against the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured in any foreign country by convict or forced labor or indentured labor under penal sanctions (August 2024; previously January 2024)
- a proposed rule to eliminate the paper-based bond application and approval processes and require all bonds to be filed by sureties using an electronic data interchange or email (November 2024; previously March 2024)
- a proposed rule to exempt portions of the cargo inspection, exam, and security system of records from Privacy Act provisions because of criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement requirements (December 2024; previously January 2024)
- a final rule to implement the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement with respect to non-preferential origin determinations for goods imported from Canada or Mexico (March 2025, previously January 2024; proposed rule issued July 2021)
- an interim final rule implementing a provision of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act extending duty-free treatment to products exported and returned to the U.S. within three years after having been exported (May 2025; previously May 2024)
- a proposed rule seeking to promote the speed, accuracy, and transparency of administrative rulings concerning the importation of articles that may be subject to Section 337 exclusion orders issued by the International Trade Commission (May 2025; previously May 2024)
A final rule to prohibit from entering U.S. ports any vessel owned or chartered by an entity found to be in violation of certain laws and regulations relating to the performance of longshore work by non-immigrant crew members was issued in April.
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