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CBP Seizes 100,000 Fake Surgical Masks Near US-Mexico Border
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 3:38pm | 316Read More...Federal authorities seized 100,080 counterfeit N95 surgical masks Monday in El Paso, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) initially detained the shipment of 3M N95 surgical masks with a value of $600,480 on Dec. 3, according to a release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (...
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Struggling US Importers Granted 90-Day Duty Deferment
Monday, April 20, 2020 - 12:10pm | 520Read More...Under authority of the White House, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will allow U.S. importers of certain goods to defer their payments of duties, taxes and fees for the next 90 days, starting April 20. The temporary duty deferment was included in an executive order signed by President Trump on...
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President Trump Signs Bill To Add CBP Ag Specialists To Ports
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 1:56pm | 367Read More...On March 3 President Trump signed legislation that will help increase the ranks of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) agriculture specialists and technicians to step up protection for America's farming and forestry industries against the introduction of destructive pests and diseases. The...
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CBP Investigates $31 Million Cocaine Seizure At Port Of Savannah
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 1:56pm | 471Read More...U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it's investigating the source of a 2,133-pound cocaine shipment found inside a container load of scrap aluminum and copper at the Port of Savannah. CBP officers discovered the cocaine on Oct. 29 during a non-intrusive inspection of the Europe-bound...
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Customs Brokers See Role In Combating Counterfeit Goods
Friday, August 9, 2019 - 12:55pm | 860Read More...Licensed customs brokers serve as the funnel through which U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as more than 40 other federal agencies, receive electronic data to evaluate the compliance of numerous imports entering the country each day. With this capability, the industry sees itself...
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U.S. Customs And Border Protection Marks 230th Anniversary Of First Ship's Arrival In The U.S.
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 12:54pm | 559Read More...Customs and Border Protection highlighted the historic event with the arrival on August 5 of the U.S.-flag containership Maersk Kinloss at APM Terminals in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey Two hundred and thirty years ago on August 5, 1789, the newly formed U.S. Customs Service processed the first...
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US Customs And Border Protection: New Scanning Equipment Is A 'Game Changer'
Friday, July 26, 2019 - 12:45pm | 434Read More...U.S. Customs and Border Protection is replacing and expanding its fleet of non-intrusive X-ray scanning machines used to look inside truck trailers and containers entering the country's ports of entry. The machines allow CBP officers to view the contents inside these freight transport conveyances...
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E-Commerce Supply Chain Keeps US Customs And Border Protection Leaders Awake At Night
Friday, July 26, 2019 - 12:42pm | 715Read More...Senior officials at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said what "keeps them awake at night" is knowing there are small packages potentially concealing dangerous narcotics and other unsafe products that are slipping past the agency's oversight in the burgeoning e-commerce supply chain. "...
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Twitter Sues U.S. Government After Agents Demand Info On Anonymous Government Critic
Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 5:31pm | 537Read More...Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) filed a lawsuit against multiple federal agencies and officials Thursday after agents demanded records revealing an anonymous government critic. Twitter said it would not release the information until the defendants prove they are “not motivated by a desire to...
