On May 1, customs and US border protection (customs “) issued additional guidelines on import duties on some cars through Cargo Systems Correspondence Service # 64916414 (“” CSMS “). CSMS mentioned the following:
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- the Executive order Its spiritually applies to the goods implemented by section 232 car tariffs and auto parts, or IEPA Fentanyl tariffs in Canada or Mexico, or section 232 steel and aluminum tariff that was entered for consumption or pulled from warehouses for consumption in or after March 4, 2025; and
- Customs will publish recovery procedures for qualified entries and make the necessary adjustments to the coordinated tariff schedule no later than May 16, 2025. Employees should not request the recovered amounts until customs publish the recovery procedure.
The Treasury Minister states that “agreements in principle” can prevent the customs tariffs of 17 countries
In an interview earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Pessente stated that 17 commercial partners reach a “principle agreement” with the United States that can avoid the presence of a “mutual tariff”, which was temporarily stopped until July 31, 2025, again to the original duty. According to BESSENT, these 17 countries are all important commercial partners in the United States. The other, China, will have its own negotiation.
The Ministry of Treasury publishes the guidelines of smuggling oil “Red Science” for banks
The financial crime enforcement network of the Ministry of Treasury has released It is done Urging financial institutions to report suspicious activity that involves smuggling stolen crude oil from Mexico across the southwestern American border by many cartals and other national criminal organizations in Mexico (“TCOS”). The alert scheme (1) tactics and “financial patterns” that you use Smuggling operations(2) Indicators of “Red Flag”, and (3 “) requirements to report financial institutions under the banking confidentiality law.
The fifteenth week of appointments
OFAC also added many people and entities to the list of its specially specific citizens and the banned people (“SDN menu”) during the fifteenth week of President Trump’s return to his position:
- On April 28, OFAC imposed three ships and their owners to provide oil derivatives and support for pollutions as part here).
- On April 29, OFAC appointed six entities and six members of their headquarters in Iran and China for their role in the network of pacifiers. here).
- On April 30, OFAC has approved three Mexican citizens and two entities coupled in Mexico involved in the Cartel Jalisco Nueva GeneraCion (“CJng”) here).
