FREE World Trade Month Seminar on FDA/FSMA COMPLIANCE for Importers

In celebration of World Trade Month, Diaz Trade Law is hosting a World Trade Month Seminar Series for Compliance Professionals featuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) speakers.

Food Importers, here is your chance to learn practical tools for trade! We are providing the trade community a valuable opportunity to speak direct with FDA, Brokers, and legal experts to address any concerns relating to food importations and discuss the upcoming Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) requirement under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

The TOP reasons you should attend? 

1. For a limited time, registration is FREE! UPDATE - FREE TICKETS ARE OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT! Limited $20 tickets remain.
2. You have the ability to hear DIRECTLY from FDA.
3. We want the seminars to be informative and all of your questions answered. In that vain, we are currently taking ANY questions you have related to food importation/FSMA for the FDA. Please email your questions today to info@diaztradelaw.com!

You have a limited time to RSVP to this event for FREE!!! Yes, for FREE. We find this information to be invaluable so Diaz Trade Law is sponsoring this event, to bring it to you for FREE. RSVP today! Our full event agenda including the who, what, when, and where is below. Don't miss it!

FREE World Trade Month Seminar on AD/CVD & CBP ENFORCEMENT

Importers, here is your chance to learn all about the hot topic of AD/CVD. In celebration of World Trade Month, Diaz Trade Law is providing the trade community a valuable opportunity to speak direct with Supervisory Import Specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and a legal expert to address your questions and concerns relating to CBP’s role in administering and enforcing imports subject to AD/CVD.

In Fiscal Year 2016, CBP Processed $14 billion of imported goods subject to AD/CVD, and collected $1.5 billion in cash deposits. By the end of the fiscal year, $2.8 billion in AD/CVD duties were still owed to the U.S. (dating back to 2001). From fiscal year 2015 to 2016, AD/CVD cash deposits increased over 25 percent.

Learn directly from CBP on AD/CVD Compliance and Enforcement! With President Trumps new Executive Order mandating a plan by June 29 “to require importers deemed a risk to U.S. revenue to provide security for AD and CVD liability through bonds and other legal measures”- many questions arise! Now's your time to ask them!!

You have a limited time to RSVP to this event for FREE!!! Yes, for FREE. We find this information to be invaluable so Diaz Trade Law is sponsoring this event, to bring it to you for FREE. RSVP today! Our full event agenda including the who, what, when, and where is below. 

Don't miss it!

World Trade Month Seminar Series for Compliance Professionals

In celebration of World Trade Month, Diaz Trade Law is hosting a World Trade Month Seminar Series for Compliance Professionals featuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) speakers.

In the first seminar, attendees will learn the ABC’s of Antidumping & Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD) compliance and CBP Enforcement.

In the second seminar, FDA will focus on food importations and discuss the upcoming Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) requirement under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

The TOP reasons you should attend? 

1. For a limited time, registration is FREE!
2. You have the ability to hear DIRECTLY from CBP and FDA.
3. We want the seminars to be informative and all of your questions answered. In that vain, we are currently taking ANY questions you have related to the Centers of Excellence and Expertise (CEE) and Antidumping & Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD) for CBP, and food importation/FSMA related questions for the FDA. Please email your questions today to info@diaztradelaw.com!

Full details including registration information for BOTH seminars are below. 

May 10, 2017 ( 9 - 11 a.m.)

• ABC’s of AD/CVD & CBP Enforcement
• CLICK HERE for our draft agenda
  • Hear directly from CBP Import Specialists & an industry legal expert
  • TOP Tips when Importing to Ensure Compliance with AD/CVD
  • Valuable opportunity to speak direct with Supervisory Import Specialist with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and legal experts to address any concerns relating to CBP’s role in administering and enforcing imports subject to AD/CVD
  • *** CBP WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ATTENDEES OF THE TRADE COMMUNITY ON WHAT ISSUES OR QUESTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PRESENTATION. PLEASE SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO INFO@DIAZTRADELAW.COM ***
• RSVP HERE

May 18, 2017 ( 9 - 1 2 p.m.)

• FDA FSMA Compliance Seminar for Importers
• CLICK HERE for our draft agenda
  • Hear directly from FDA & an industry legal expert
  • Overview of FDA requirements for importing food products
  • A discussion of best practices when working with your broker to expedite shipments (ACE, ITACS, PREDICT)
  • Overview of the FSMA, including an overview of the FSVP requirement (which has a compliance date of 5/30/17)
  • Best practices for due diligence and responding to enforcement actions and FDA Notices of Action
  • *** FDA WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ATTENDEES OF THE TRADE COMMUNITY ON WHAT ISSUES OR QUESTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PRESENTATION. PLEASE SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO INFO@DIAZTRADELAW.COM ***
• RSVP HERE 

We look forward to seeing you at our World Trade Month events!

President Trump & CBP Aim to Collect Unpaid AD/CVD Duties

On March 31, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) that addressed unpaid anti-dumping and countervailing duties. This new EO, “promotes the efficient and effective administration of U.S. customs and trade laws by establishing enhanced measures to collect duties”.

What are anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD)?

Dumping happens when a foreign company exports goods into the U.S. and sells those goods at less than fair market value. This in turn causes “injury to the U.S. industry”. Due to this, U.S. manufacturers or businesses can file a petition with the International Trade Commission (ITC), claiming that it has suffered an injury. Once the ITC finds that evidence of an injury exists, then the Department of Commerce (DOC or the Department) will investigate the claim. If the DOC determines that dumping occurred, then Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can withhold “liquidation of entries” and collect anti-dumping (AD) duties. AD “duties are calculated to bridge the gap back to a fair market value.”

Import Food Products? Deadline to Comply with FSVP is May 30, 2017!

What is the FSVP Rule?

The Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) was created on November 27, 2015, as “a significant provision of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)”. The FSVP “shifts the burden of certifying the safety of food imports from [the] FDA to the importers themselves”. This means that importers must set up a program that verifies that both the foreign supplier of the food and the food itself will comply with United States (U.S.) laws.

Is “Made in the USA” Really Made in the USA?

Which Federal Agency Regulates the “Made in the USA” Claim?

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “the Commission”) “is charged with preventing deception and unfairness in the marketplace. The FTC created an Act that would allow the Commission to bring legal action “against false or misleading claims that a product is of U.S. origin”.

When Can I Say Made in the USA?

• For a product to be considered as “Made in the USA” without qualification, that product must be “all or virtually all” made in the U.S. How the Commission determines whether a product is “all or virtually all” made in the U.S., by looking at whether there was “a ‘reasonable basis’ to support the claim at the time it is made”. To prove the “reasonable basis” standard, a manufacturer or marketer must provide “competent and reliable evidence” to the FTC.
• A qualified Made in the USA claim must describe “the extent, amount or type of [its] domestic content or processing”. This allows the consumer to know “that the product isn’t entirely of domestic origin”. The FTC warns that qualified claims can be tricky, so it is best to “avoid qualified claims unless the product has a significant amount of U.S. content or U.S. processing”.
• Ex: “60% U.S. content. Made in USA of U.S. and imported parts. Couch assembled in USA from Italian Leather and Mexican Frame.
• For a complete understanding of the FTC’s Made in the USA standard, take a look at “Complying with the MADE IN USA STANDARD”.