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5 days ago
3 min

Customs Updates: Eighth Round of Product Exclusions from China and §301 Technical Corrections

BACKGROUND On July 23, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 44563 on certain exclusion...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Aug 7
3 min

What are BIS General Prohibitions?

The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) subchapter of Federal Regulation Title 15 (15 CFR) lists out general prohibitions and factors...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Aug 4
1 min

OFAC Updates Week 7/27/20

July 28, 2020 The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has reached a settlement agreement of $824,314 with Whitford Worldwide Company, ...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jul 31
2 min

How Does OFAC Enforce Sanctions?

Understanding sanctions and embargoes is the most important factor of running an export business as there are many regulations and prohib...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jul 30
1 min

OFAC Updates Week 7/20/20

July 20, 2020 The President issued new Executive Order 13936, "The President's Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization." The order dec...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jul 23
2 min

OFAC Updates Week 7/13/20

July 15, 2020 The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has amended the Venezuela related General License 5d regarding "Authorizing Cert...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jul 20
4 min

Export Administration Regulations: Four Questions Every Exporter Should Ask

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) under the US Department of Commerce is tasked with advancing national security, foreign policy ...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jul 16
1 min

OFAC Updates Week 7/6/20

June 8. 2020 The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) announced a settlement with Amazon.com, Inc. totaling $134,523 following the disc...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jul 9
1 min

Develop Your Export Plan With This Free Template

Planning to export for the first time or ready to take your sales to a new frontier? Use the template* we’ve provided below to help you g...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jul 7
1 min

OFAC Updates Week 6/29/20

July 1, 2020 The US Departments of State, Commerce, Homeland Security and Treasury issued a joint advisory to warn U.S. supply chain busi...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jul 2
1 min

OFAC Updates Week 6/22/20

June 22, 2020 The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has issued a technical notice for users of their website and sanctions list data...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jul 1
3 min

Customs Updates: Section 232 and Section 301 – Extensions Requests, PSCs, and Protests

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued this message to update guidance issued via CSMS 19-000260. This guidance is to advise the...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jun 24
1 min

OFAC Updates Week 6/15/20

June 16, 2020 The Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list has been updated with two Cyber-related designations of individuals from Nige...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jun 23
2 min

What are OFAC Sanctions?

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of Treasury is tasked with administering and enforcing economic trade sa...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jun 22
1 min

OFAC Updates Week 6/8/20

June 8, 2020 The Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list has been updated with general designations of no particular focus. A list of i...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jun 18
1 min

Recognizing Juneteenth as an Official Firm Holiday

As the leader of the Clark-Esposito Law Firm, P.C., I couldn't be prouder to announce that we have officially adopted Juneteenth as an of...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jun 17
1 min

Customs Updates: FDA FEI and D&B Portals are Available for Use

To aid in facilitating efficient processing of import entries the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is encouraging the import community ...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jun 12
1 min

OFAC Updates Week 6/1/20

June 2, 2020 The Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list has been updated with Venezuela-related designations. A list of information fo...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jun 10
1 min

Customs Updates Suspension of $1.3 Billion Worth of Goods for Trade Preference for Thailand

BACKGROUND On October 25, 2019, the President issued Presidential Proclamation (PP) 9955 modifying trade benefits under the Generalized S...

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Deanna Clark-Esposito

Jun 10
4 min

How to Avoid Sanctions Violations: OFAC Compliance Program

The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has a tiered system to address sanctions violations committed by exporters. OFAC acts as an op...

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