Breaking Trade News: COAC Meeting Recommendations, U.S.-China Trade Truce Extended

September 25, 2026 admin 1 Views

This week’s recap of the newest customs and transnational commerce information:

CBP’s Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) held it’s quarterly meeting on Sept. 23 and really helpful that the CBP Office of Trade Relations set up a central webpage to accommodate steerage and assets, and create a suggestions mechanism for the COAC and commerce group.
CBP published an alert to CTPAT companions stating that pursuant to Executive Order 14411, Strengthening Customs Enforcement, Importers of Record (IORs) and licensed customs brokers performing on their behalf, are required to make sure data submitted on CBP Form 5106, Importer Identity Form, is correct, full, and up to date as wanted.
CBP is automating the submission technique for Organization Broker License Applications. As of September 30, 2026, group license candidates will full and submit all functions and related charges by way of the eCBP portal.
CBP announced an digital export manifest (EEM) pilot for shipments leaving the U.S. by truck. The pilot will start Oct. 23 and final two years.
CBP issued guidance on technical corrections for sure Section 301 product exclusions.
The customs dealer allow consumer payment will increase from $185.38 to $190.88 on October 1, 2026.

In an interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the U.S. and China have agreed to increase the commerce truce by two months. The truce was meant to undergo November 10, it should now be in place by way of January 10.

Plaintiffs led by Learning Resources are asking the CIT to overturn USTR’s pressured labor investigation involving 60 economies. They argue that USTR exceeded its Section 301 authority by failing to make country-specific findings and that the ensuing tariffs violate the Administrative Procedure Act.

Commerce revealed a Federal Register notice describing how Commerce will consider if importers are creating new importers of document to evade the anti-stockpiling directive for photo voltaic cells, photo voltaic modules, polysilicon ingots and wafers, and polysilicon.
Commerce issued a notice clarifying exemptions from Section 232 tariffs on patented prescription drugs and establishing a process for requesting exemptions for pharmaceutical merchandise that meet an pressing well being want.

USTR held a public hearing on September 22, 2026, relating to the Section 301 investigation into Germany’s acts, insurance policies, and practices associated to the persistent underpayment for progressive pharmaceutical merchandise.

OFAC designated BitBank, a precedence digital property enterprise managed by OFAC-designated Iranian financier Babak Zanjani (Zanjani), as a part of Operation Economic Outcast, the Trump Administration’s marketing campaign in opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran and its enablers.

The Department of State designated eight entities and three people to additional the Trump Administration’s complete push to finish the Cuban regime’s malign actions. The motion consists of imposing sanctions on the Cuban regime’s nickel exploitation equipment and military-industrial advanced.

Import alerts:
- 99-42: Foods as a result of Heavy Metal Contamination
- 99-35: Fresh Produce that seems to have been Prepared, Packed or Held underneath Insanitary Conditions
- 99-32: Products from companies refusing FDA Foreign Establishment Inspection
- 99-08: Processed Foods for Pesticides

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Star Meat Delivery Inc., situated in Lucama, N.C., is recalling roughly 167,639 kilos of uncooked pork, beef, and goat merchandise that have been produced with out the good thing about federal inspection, bearing labels with a false USDA mark of inspection.

U.S. House Representative Nanette Barragan launched The Housing Tariff Exclusion Act. The invoice would roll again tariffs on a whole bunch of HTSUS codes characterised as crucial homebuilding merchandise and would create a course of for importers to ask for exclusions for different development merchandise
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar despatched a letter to the White House urging the Administration to dam Chinese asset placement within the U.S. within the auto sector and asking for expansions of the Federal Communications Commission Covered List.

Altana and the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) sponsored a research survey of commerce and customs groups at enterprise companies. Of 230 surveyed commerce and customs leaders, 61% say their job has change into considerably tougher for the reason that begin of 2025. Only 26% really feel their assets have grown sufficient to maintain tempo. 91% are underneath strain to do extra with AI.

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