According to a new article from the Washington Post cases of ‘food fraud’ are on the rise, such as the mislabed Red Bicyclette wine & Vietnamese catfish.
E. & J. Gallo won a case against French wine producers who were intentionally mislabeling their wine to charge a higher price when selling to Gallo.
A report on a customs broker intentionally misleading a Danish company into unnecessarily paying customs duties by falsifying trade compliance info.
Found a succinct list of rules of thumb to ensure Trade Compliance at MondialTradeCompliance.com 10 General Prohibitions Export and re-export of controlled items to listed countries.(Get your export licenses!) Re-export and export from abroad of foreign-made items incorporating more than a de minimis amount of controlled U.S. content. Re-export and export from abroad of the [...]
Over a dozen rare rhinoceros beetles, seized by CBP last year from a post office, have found a new home at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. When the insects were discovered in May 2008 at the Mohnton post office, an investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies led to the arrest of Marc [...]
A recent article at Nextgov reported that actually, it’s quite easy to purchase sensitive military technology and send it abroad. Auditors from the Government Accountability Office (GOA), who posed as representatives from a fictitious company, were able to purchase sensitive technology equipment such as night-vision scopes that U.S. soldiers use in Iraq and Afghanistan, hardware [...]
Boskage Trade News has a clever posting on their blog today on Import Compliance: How to Win a Free Place to Stay with Three Meals a Day 1. Send emails to your foreign suppliers requesting two invoices – one with a lower cost for CBP and one with the actual cost submitted directly to you. [...]
