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Singapore Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison – Illegal Exports to Iran of U.S. Components Lim Yong Nam, aka Steven Lim, 43, a citizen of Singapore, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that caused thousands of radio frequency modules to be illegally exported from the U.S. to Iran, at […]
West Coast Ports: ILWU Votes for 3-year Contract Extension The contract extension is until July 1, 2022 and should ensure labor peace on the West Coast until that time. The ILWU and PMA began to talk about an extension as early as March 2015, to avoid the setbacks that led to severe disruptions in 2014 […]
Summer 2017 Newsletter Here are a few of the articles in the Newsletter: ACE July 8th Post Release Deployment Postponed Automated Export System (AES) has a New Data Element CBP Launches “The Truth Behind Counterfeits” Campaign to Inform of the Dangers of Counterfeit Goods To check out violations and other information: Summer 2017 Newsletter
ACE July 8th Post Release Deployment Postponed CBP is rescheduling the last primary deployment of core trade processing capabilities in ACE which had been scheduled for July 8, 2017. This deployment includes liquidation (with the exception of the previously deployed electronic posting of the Notices of Liquidation on CBP.gov), reconciliation, drawback, duty deferral, collections and […]
Exporter Sentenced To 135 Months In Prison Following Convictions On All Counts At Trial Alexander Posobilov was sentenced [February 2017] to 135 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to export and illegally exporting controlled microelectronics to Russia, as well as for conspiring to launder money. Posobilov, together with ten other individuals and two corporations – ARC Electronics, […]
Florida Firm Fined $27 Million for Export Violations The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it has reached a $27 million civil settlement with Access USA Shipping, LLC (“Access USA”), of Sarasota, Florida, to settle allegations that it committed violations of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) during April 21, […]
CBP Launches “The Truth Behind Counterfeits” Campaign to Inform of the Dangers of Counterfeit Goods WASHINGTON—U.S. Customs and Border Protection launched the “The Truth Behind Counterfeits” campaign today to raise awareness of the dangers and negative impacts of purchasing counterfeit goods. The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) initiative is an educational awareness campaign for international travelers, […]
ACE Sets Deployment for New Capabilities on July 8, 2017 On July 8, 2017 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will deploy a series of new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) capabilities to support Collections and Statements, Reconciliation, Drawback*, Duty Deferral and Liquidation (with the exception of the previously deployed electronic posting of the Notices of […]
CIT Finds Importer Liable and is Penalized for Misclassification The Court of International Trade (CIT) has determined that an importer – Horizon Products International – is liable for a negligence penalty in a case involving misclassified imports. The case involves various types of plywood that were entered or attempted to be entered under incorrect duty-free tariff […]
