Compliance, Regulatory Changes 14 Jan 2025 compliance, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, postal service, freight, harbors, vessels, exports, e-commerce, trade agreements, import, organization and functions (government agencies), bonds, seals and insignia, customs regulations, lotteries, low-value shipments, duty-free entry

📦New Regulations for Low-Value Shipments

This document proposes amendments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations pertaining to the entry of certain low-value shipments not exceeding $800 that are eligible for an administrative exemption from duty and tax. Specifically, CBP proposes to create a new process for entering low-value shipments, allowing CBP to target high-risk shipments more effectively, including those containing synthetic opioids such as illicit fentanyl. This document also proposes to revise the current process for entering low-value shipments to require additional data elements that would assist CBP in verifying eligibility for duty- and tax-free entry of low-value shipments and bona-fide gifts.

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Regulatory Compliance, Trade Agreement 13 Jan 2025 regulations, motor carriers, customs duties and inspection, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, freight, vessels, exports, mexico, trade compliance, laboratories, surety bonds, canada, common carriers, export laws, international boundaries, railroads, u.s. customs and border protection, rail cargo

🚂New Regulations for Rail Cargo Export Manifest Submission

This document proposes a new regulation pursuant to the Trade Act of 2002 requiring the submission of export manifest data electronically to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) for cargo transported by rail for any train departing the United States. The proposed regulation would mandate the electronic transmission of rail export manifest information, identify the parties eligible to transmit information, and describe the time frames prior to departure of the train in which the information is due. This rule would enable CBP to address important cargo security concerns while providing efficiencies to the trade.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Maritime Operations 10 Jan 2025 regulations, transportation, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, penalties, vessels, waterways, navigation (water), radio, hazardous materials transportation, maritime industry, vessel compliance, st lawrence seaway

🚢New Seaway Regulations Impacting Maritime Compliance and Operations

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations and Rules (Practices and Procedures in Canada) in their respective jurisdictions. Under agreement with the SLSMC, the GLS is amending the joint regulations by updating the regulations and rules in various categories. These changes are to clarify existing requirements in the regulations.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 6 Jan 2025 regulations, transportation, business impact, tariffs, vessels, shipping, tolls, great lakes, waterways

🚢Update on St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls Effective 2025

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls in their respective jurisdictions. The Tariff sets forth the level of tolls assessed on all commodities and vessels transiting the facilities operated by the GLS and the SLSMC. The GLS is revising its regulations to reflect the fees and charges levied by the SLSMC in Canada starting in the 2025 navigation season, which are effective only in Canada.

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Compliance, Regulatory Changes 2 Jan 2025 administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business compliance, employment, aliens, homeland security, inflation adjustment, penalties, law enforcement, regulatory requirements, investigations, freight, maritime carriers, fraud, oil pollution, harbors, vessels, exports, civil penalties

📈Civil Penalty Inflation Adjustments

In this final rule, DHS adjusts for inflation its civil monetary penalties for 2025, in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Executive Office of the President (EOP) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The new penalty amounts will be effective for penalties assessed after January 2, 2025, whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015.

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