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Dear Friends and Customers,
For the full list of 10 exemptions please review the attached Administrative message CSMS #42439611 https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCBP/bulletins/28793bb?reqfrom=share
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Dear Friends & Customers, (passengers/pedestrian) between US and Mexico will not be allowed. However, all cross border trade (cargo) will not be affected. All essential travel (passenger/pedestrian), and commercial trade will be allowed. Please see attached Federal Notice and RL Jones Bulletin. |
Dear Friends and Customers,
FDA’s Import Operations currently remain functional and operational. Activities including FDA Prior Notice review, FDA entry processing, FDA sampling/examination of high risk shipments, FSVP inspections, filer assessments, and compliance activities are all ongoing.
While most import operations are not currently experiencing delays, the import community should expect delays in the receipt of hard copy notices. FDA will have a lessened capacity to generate and mail hard-copy Notices of FDA Action (release notices, sampling notices, etc.). FDA strongly encourages all members of the import community who deal in FDA-regulated articles to utilize the FDA Import Trade Auxiliary Communication System (ITACS) for current entry status and to receive FDA notices electronically.
FDA is continuously monitoring COVID-19 events and will provide updates as circumstances warrant. Additionally, COVID-19 information can be found on FDA’s website for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Feel free to contact us for any questions or comments.
Compliance.clx@rljones.com
Sincerely,
Department of Compliance
Dear Friends & Customers, This morning at about 9:35 PST President Trump said that if they do anything along the Southern Border, it would not affect essential business. When asked to explain what was essential business, he said it was Medical, Military, and Industry. He also said that TRADE would not be affected. One important comment he made when asked directly if he was going to “close” the southern border, he answered “no, but we are going to invoke a clause that will give us great latitude”. He wants to prevent “leisurely” cross border traffic. Although his comments were brief, it does give us an idea of where this could go. It is very similar with what U.S. and Canada are doing. In the meantime, we have contacted our local CBP Officers in Calexico and they confirmed that both, commercial and passenger lanes, are open. CBP informed us that if anything changes, they would send a Port Information Notice (PIN) to notify us. I hope this helps ease a little of the uncertainty. We will send information as we receive it.
Kind Regards, RL Jones |
Dear Friends and Customers,
This message is sent as a reminder that as of January 1, 2020, there will no longer be units of measure (UOQ) in the United States Harmonized Tariff (HTSUS) that are "X" or "General". All UOQs in the HTSUS will be specific units such as "kg", "quantity", etc. For additional information on this change, visit:
https://www.cbp.gov/document/fact-sheets/tftea-harmonized-tariff-schedule-unit-quantity-change
Please note that the Commerce Office will publish guidance on cbp.gov in the coming weeks on how to propose a change of UOQ to Committee 484 (f).
We ask you to make sure that you enter the unit of measure that corresponds to each tariff classification in your database so that it is included in your commercial invoice and in your EDI if applicable, and thus avoid any possible documentation delay.
Feel free to contact us for any questions or comments.
Compliance.clx@rljones.com
Sincerely,
RL Jones