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Dear friends and customers,

Please find below a listing of Federal Holidays for Calendar Year 2023.

For more details, please refer to CSMS #54415485- Federal Holidays for Calendar Year 2023.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact our offices.

Sincerely,

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Dear friends and customers,

We would like to remind our Warehouse customers to please use the “Shipping Request” tool when requesting merchandise from their on-hand inventory. This tool embedded in our e-Warehouse system allows users to select control numbers and inventory quantities seamlessly avoiding potential miscommunication that might occur when requesting merchandise via phone, email or other means of communication. Also, this tool facilitates proper loading validation, avoiding potential errors that can translate into shipment errors and/or delays.

If you feel you need training on how to your this tool, please feel free to reach out to us at (760-357-3297) . We will be more than happy to assist.

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Dear friends and customers,

U.S. Customs & Border Protection postponed this Region Alert until further notice while it works with impacted users to address their concerns. CBP is forming a working group to gather input from the trade community on this proposed change and to consider how to mitigate these concerns. Those interested in participating in this working group may contact CBP via email no later than November 10.
 
When deployed, the Region Alert will provide notification to importers of goods that may have been produced in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), which would be subject to UFLPA restrictions per H.R. 6256.  When the manufacturer’s country is China (MID), the system will generate an error message for the user to transmit the postal code.
 
This enhancement includes electronic data interchange (EDI) impacts.
What will change for trade users?

Three new validations will be applied when:
• The People’s Republic of China (CN) is selected as a manufacturer’s country of origin for
Entry,
• CN is selected as a manufacturer’s country of origin when a Manufacturer Identification
Code (MID) is created, or
• An existing MID with Country of Origin ‘CN’ is updated.

The validations will be:
 
• Postal code will be a required field.
• Users will receive an error message if the postal code provided is not a valid Chinese
Postal code.
• Users will receive a warning message when a Uyghur region postal code has been
provided.
 
For additional information on the UFLPA, please visit: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/forcedlabor/UFLPA

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at the following email: compliance.clx@rljones.com

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Dear friends and customers,

The following is to remind you of the required treatment and compliance of wood packaging material (WPM) in accordance with the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures in international trade. WPM is wood, or woody products (excluding paper products) used in supporting, protecting or carrying a commodity.

Please find below some examples of WPM:

• Bins
• Boxes
• Bracing
• Cable spools
• Cases
• Crates
• Dunnage
• Load boards
• Pallets
• Pallets collars
• Skids

WPM does not include:

• WPM made entirely from thin wood 6 mm or less in thickness
• WPM made wholly of processed wood material, por example: 
  • Plywood
  • Particle board
  • Sawdust
  • Wood shaving
  • Wood wool
  • Oriented strand board or veneer that has been created using glue, heat, or pressure, or a combination thereof

Please find in the attached PIN from CBP more compliance of WPM details such as the valid IPPC logo.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact our offices.

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Dear friends and customers:
 
As part of our Supply Chain Security Customer Education Program, attached please find our fourth quarterly C-TPAT notices. This edition relates to “Shipping”.
 
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments.

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Dear friends and customers,

On October 1, the FDA will open its portal where food facilities must renew their food facility registrations. The window for renewal will run from October 1 until December 31. We encourage you to renew early to avoid any disruption in your shipments. All food facilities in your supply chains must submit a timely renewal. Failure to do so will cause product to be denied entry into the U.S.
 
This time, every registrant must have a DUNS number associated with the physical location of the food facility (a DUNS number for the corporate headquarters is not sufficient!). The FDA will no longer accept the use of “pending” in lieu of a valid DUNS number. You can apply for a DUNS number here.
 
A special warning: the name and contact information on the FDA food facility registration must exactly match the DUNS number contact information. If not, the registration may be cancelled. For example, if the FDA registration identifies “ABC Manufacturing” at “123 Main Street,” while the DUNS number info is listed as “ABC Manufacturing LLC” at 123 Main St.,” the registration will be denied. The two must be an exact match in every way.
 
We urge you to communicate immediately with food facilities in your supply chain, including the manufacturer or grower, the consolidator, the shipper and the Ultimate Consignee (“deliver to” party), to inform them that:

1. The U.S. FDA Food Facility Registration must be renewed from October 1 to December 31. Instructions and the portal are here.
2. A DUNS number associated with the physical location of the food facility must be provided. FDA will no longer offer flexibility. Without a valid DUNS number, the imported food shipment will not be allowed to enter the U.S. The DUNS number can be obtained here.
3. The name and contact information on the FDA food facility registration must exactly match the DUNS number contact information. If not, the registration will be rejected. For example, if the FDA registration identifies “ABC Manufacturing” at “123 Main Street,” while the DUNS number info is listed as “ABC Manufacturing LLC” at 123 Main St.,” the registration will be denied. The two must be an exact match in every way.

See these helpful tips from the FDA and this Webinar for more information.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at the following email: compliance.clx@rljones.com

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