26-0706: Monday's "Export/Import Daily Bugle"

1. DHS & Justice Seek Comments on “Safer Skies Act”

(Source: 91 FR 41466, 6 Jul 2026) [Excerpts]

2. Future Federal Register (No items of interest.)

(Source: Future Federal Register)

3. CBP Cargo Systems (No new messages)

(Source: DHS/CBP/CSMS)

4. CBP Event: “CAPE Enhancements and Questions About Your IEEPA Refunds” Webinar on 15 July 2026

(Source: OTR Webinars)

5. Commerce/BIS (Nothing new.)

(Source: Commerce/BIS)

6. State/DDTC: Outage of Outgoing DECCS Email Resolved

(Source: State/DDTC)

The outgoing email issue affecting automated communications from DECCS has been resolved. New notifications and emails are going out and are no longer impacted. Please note that due to the backlog queue, you may receive emails and notifications that were previously delayed. We appreciate your patience during this time.

7. Treasury/OFAC: “Reminder to File the 2026 Annual Report of Blocked Property”

(Source: Treasury/OFAC, 1 Jul 2026)

31 C.F.R. § 501.603 of the Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations (RPPR) requires U.S. persons holding blocked property as of June 30 of the current year to file an Annual Report of Blocked Property (ARBP) with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) by September 30. Persons that did not hold blocked property as of June 30 do not need to file an ARBP.

Please note that the term “blocked property” only applies to property that is blocked pursuant to OFAC regulations. Property that was unblocked by an OFAC general or specific license, or that was previously blocked pursuant to a sanctions program that was terminated on or before June 30, 2026, is not considered blocked property, and should not be included in the ARBP.

Similarly, a restricted account of a person ordinarily resident in Iran is not blocked property and should not be reported to OFAC in the ARBP, unless a person whose property and interests in property are blocked by an applicable sanctions authority has an interest in the account.

Persons filing the 2026 ARBP must use spreadsheet form TD-F 90-22.50 and submit the completed form through the OFAC Reporting System (ORS). Failure to file the ARBP by September 30 constitutes a violation of the RPPR. For additional information, please review OFAC’s Guidance on Filing the 2026 Annual Report of Blocked Property.

8. White House Executive Actions (No items of interest.)

(Source: The White House)

9. Breaking Defense: “Lockheed Martin to Purchase Ultra Maritime in $3.5B Deal”

(Source: Breaking Defense News, 6 Jul 2026) [Excerpts]

Lockheed Martin is acquiring Ultra Maritime as part of a $3.45 billion deal, the companies announced today. Ultra Maritime develops a host of undersea and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities, including sonar technologies, sonobuoys, torpedo defense systems, radar solutions, and autonomous maritime sensing platforms.

Lockheed Martin said that Ultra Maritime will fall under the company’s rotary and mission systems division upon closing. [Full item]

10. Diaz: “Recap of Latest Customs and International Trade Law News”

(Source: Customs & International Trade Law Blog, 6 Jul 2026) [Excerpts]

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade law news:

Administration:

Customs and Border Protection (CBP):

Courts:

Department of Justice:

United States Trade Representative (USTR):

International Trade Commission (ITC):

U.S. Department of Commerce:

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC):

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA):

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC):

Congress:

International:

11. Space News: “NASA Adds Three European Firms to Commercial Data Program”

(Source: Space News Archives, 6 Jul 2026) [Excerpts of subscription publication]

MILAN — NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program (CSDA) announced June 23 contract awards with eight new commercial satellite data providers, three of which are European: Kuva Space (Finland), OroraTech (Germany) and Satlantis (Spain).

The three companies, focused respectively on hyperspectral, thermal infrared and optical multispectral, join Airbus and Iceye among European companies already participating in the CSDA. Airbus was selected in 2023 and Iceye in 2024.

With the latest awards, European companies now account for five of the 25 commercial providers in the program, underscoring the growing role of European Earth observation companies in U.S. institutional procurement. . . . [Full item]

12. ST&R Trade Report: “The Week Ahead: Tariffs, Compliance Certificates, Export Rules”

(Source: Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report, 3 Jul 2026) [Excerpts]. Contact: [email protected], 1-305-894-1035

Following are highlights of regulatory effective dates and deadlines and other trade-related events coming up in the next week.

13. ST&R Trade Report: “Import Ban Expanded by FCC”

(Source: Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report, 6 Jul 2026) [Excerpts]. Contact: [email protected], 1-305-894-1035

The Federal Communications Commission has issued a notice that, effective July 16, prohibits the continued importation and marketing of equipment added to the Covered List in 2024 or earlier but authorized before the adoption of the FCC’s 2022 rules.

The Covered List comprises equipment and services that have been determined to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons. Equipment on this list is banned from receiving new FCC equipment authorizations, which are required prior to importation, marketing, or sale in the U.S. . . . [Full article]

14. Washington Tariff & Trade: “Commerce Withdraws Anthropic AI Export Controls”

(Source: Washington Tariff & Trade Newsletter, 1 Jul 2026) [Excerpts of subscription publication]

Commerce’s June 30 withdrawal keeps Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 available, but it also confirms that BIS is prepared to use export-control tools against frontier AI model access when cyber capabilities raise diversion risks. . . . [Full item]

15. Baker/McKenzie: “EU: Low-Value Consignment Relief Abolished and EUR 3 Customs Duty Introduced from 1 July 2026”

(Source: Global Sanctions and Export Controls Blog, 2 Jul 2026) [Excerpts]

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1022 (link), implementing the temporary EUR 3 customs duty on consignments not exceeding EUR 150, was published in the Official Journal yesterday and applies from today, 1 July 2026. Together with the amended UCC Implementing Act and Council Regulation (EU) 2026/382 (link) — which was adopted earlier and likewise applies from 1 July 2026 — it operationalizes the abolition of the long-standing customs duty exemption for low-value imports. See also our earlier blog post on this topic: here

Key Points:

16. Crowell: “State Department Proposes ITAR Part 130 Amendments to Reduce Defense Sales Reporting Burden”

(Source: Crowell & Moring, 1 Jul 2026) [Excerpts]

DDTC’s proposed rule would shift ITAR Part 130 reporting from a transaction-linked model to consolidated annual submissions. It also proposes raising monetary thresholds for the first time since 1993. By making notifications of political contributions and fees or commissions related to foreign arms sales simpler and clearer, the proposal will make reporting more straightforward for industry while providing better information to the State Department.

On June 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) published a proposed rule to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”), 22 CFR Part 130, governing disclosure of political contributions and fees or commissions paid in connection with foreign defense sales.

The rule is issued in support of Executive Order 14268, which in part directed the State Department to reduce regulatory burdens associated with U.S. arms transfers. The proposed rule applies to applicants, suppliers, and vendors as defined under 22 CFR Part 130. Public comments are due on or before August 14, 2026. . . . [Full article] (Editor’s note: Bartlett’s Annotated ITAR, 6 Jul 2026, contains the proposed amendments and footnotes to each section to be amended.)

17. Torres: “USMCA Enters Uncertain Review Period”

(Source: Torres Insights, 2 Jul 2026) [Excerpts]

On July 1, 2026, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced that the United States, Mexico, and Canada failed to reach an agreement to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) in its current form following recent negotiations. Greer stated that “the United States did not agree to renew the USMCA in its current form.”

The announcement follows President Trump’s June 10 statement that he is “not looking to renew” the USMCA. The agreement, which governs trade among the United States, Mexico, and Canada, allows nearly $2 trillion in goods and services to move across North America each year, largely duty-free.

Although the failure to reach a renewal agreement creates uncertainty, it does not mean that the USMCA will immediately disappear. Instead, the agreement remains in effect, and the current rules governing trade among the three countries will continue to apply while negotiations proceed. In practical terms, businesses and importers will continue operating under the existing USMCA framework for now, but without the long-term certainty that a formal renewal would have provided. . . . [Full article]

18. Volkov: “Bosch Pays $43 Million for Illegal Huawei Exports”

(Source: Volkov Law, 5 Jul 2026) [Excerpts]

Bosch agreed to pay more than $43 million in penalties and disgorgement for illegally exporting products and software to Huawei in violation of U.S. export control laws, while simultaneously receiving the first declination issued under DOJ’s revised National Security Division Corporate Enforcement Policy.

In this episode, Michael Volkov examines the enforcement action, the compliance failures that led Bosch to misunderstand and misapply the Foreign Direct Product Rule, the warning signs the company failed to recognize, and the lessons organizations can learn about export controls compliance, compliance staffing, escalation procedures, and risk management.

The episode also highlights the significant benefits of voluntary self-disclosure, cooperation, and remediation in reducing criminal enforcement risk in today’s increasingly aggressive national security enforcement environment. [Listen to podcast HERE.]

19. Wall Street Journal: “Trade Uncertainty Is Bad for Business — Failure to Renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Pact is a Gift to Lobbyists and will Discourage Investment”

(Source: WSJ.com, 6 Jul 2026) [Excerpts of subscription service.]

The U.S. won’t renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in its current form, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on July 1. The decision leaves North America’s trading rules uncertain. Canada and Mexico wanted a 16-year extension of the pact. Instead, the agreement now enters a cycle of annual reviews, with a hard expiration date of 2036 if the three countries never reach a resolution.

The main value of a trade agreement isn’t that it lowers tariffs but that it eliminates doubt. USMCA’s greatest achievement was never a slate of tariff rates, exceptions and rules. It was the confidence that the rules would stay stable long enough for companies to make plans and act on them. A parts supplier in Michigan could sign a 10-year lease and order supplies because the terms governing what crossed the border were set.

The administration argues that recurring reviews will strengthen America’s bargaining position and create leverage to reduce trade deficits. But trade deficits have never been a score card. Your persistent trade deficit with the grocery store doesn’t mean you are losing. . . . [Full item]

20. ACI Presents: ACI’s “EAR Compliance & Licensing Masterclass + ITAR Week” (Virtual Series, 13–31 July)

(Source: Shannon Kao, ACI)

21. List of Export/Import Job Openings

(Source: Editor)

22. Bartlett’s Unfamiliar Quotations

(Source: Brainy Quotes)

Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th and current Dalai Lama, was born on 6 July 1935 on a straw mat in a cowshed to a farmer’s family in a remote part of Tibet. Dalai Lama is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or “Yellow Hat” school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.)

John Paul Jones (born John Paul; 6 Jul 1747 – 18 Jul 1792; was the United States’ first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. His actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day. As such, he is sometimes referred to as the “Father of the American Navy” — a sobriquet he shares with John Barry and John Adams.)

Bill Haley (William John Clifton Haley; 6 Jul 1925 – 9 Feb 1981; was a pioneering American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-selling hits such as “Rock Around the Clock”, “See You Later, Alligator”, “Shake, Rattle and Roll”, “Rocket 88”, “Skinny Minnie”, and “Razzle Dazzle”, and has sold over 60 million records worldwide.)

23. Today in History

(Source: History Channel)

1775: Congress issues a “Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms.” On July 6, 1775, Congress sets “forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms” against British authority in the American colonies. The declaration also proclaimed their preference “to die free men rather than live as slaves.” Congress assumed that if the king could merely be made to understand what Parliament and his ministers had done, he would rectify the situation and return the colonists to their rightful place as fully equal members of the British empire. When the king sided with Parliament, however, Congress moved beyond a Declaration of Arms to a Declaration of Independence.

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25. Are Your Copies of Export/Import Regulations Current?

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The official versions of the following regulations are published annually in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) but are updated as amended in the Federal Register. The latest amendments are listed below.