APHIS Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements (ACIR) is a search tool for identifying the import requirements for plant and agriculturally related products.
This replaces the Miscellaneous and Processed Product Manual (MPPM) and where you can also find the import requirements for items such as wooden handicrafts from China.
Dept. of Justice Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs -- The Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”)
Criminal Division (the “Fraud Section”) recently published an Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs with the most common criteria that the it uses to assess the effectiveness of a corporation’s compliance program.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Department of Justice Resources Guide
U.S. State Department Country Commercial Guides provide information on market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs for over 125 countries
prepared by trade and industry experts at U.S. embassies worldwide. Chapter 7 includes specific information on investment climate and corruption in these countries.
IWPA letter accompanying vote to object to Decorative Hardwoods Association’s proposed ANSI Standard for Due Diligence in Procuring/Sourcing
Legal Timber.
European Commission Guidance Document on steps to be taken by EU Member States in the case of doubts as to the legality of timber
from CITES-listed species imported into the EU. (Oct. 18, 2018)
CBP E-Allegations Website where you can report on suspected violations of U.S. Customs Law and related illicit trade activities including evasion violations.
DHS Forced Labor and North Korean Labor FAQs – Section 321(b) of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions
Act (Public Law 115-44)(22 U.S.C. § 9241a) prohibits the import of significant goods, wares, merchandise, and articles mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by North Korean nationals or North Korean citizens
anywhere in the world because it creates a rebuttable presumption that the goods are produced via forced-labor
Arbor Harbor is a “Trees to Trade” reference system with a focus on those species at risk of over harvesting. The system integrates data on taxonomy, conservation, geography,
and trade regulations, all acquired from online databases or primary literature. The intended users include professionals working with forest resources and their conservation.
U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory website offers wood identification services for private citizens and a Wood Handbook that summarizes information on wood as an engineering material.
APEC / EGILAT Timber Legality Guidance Documents - These are written by the each government and are intended to provide clarity and transparency for businesses, government and civil groups on what constitutes legal and illegally logged timber within individual APEC
economies. As of March 2019 documents exist for: Australia, China, Chile, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Taipei, & the United States
Australian Country Specific Guidelines. Note guidelines currently exist
for Canada, Finland, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Korea, and Solomon Islands.
Dept. of Justice Department Announces Agreement for Destruction of
Timber Believed to Have Been Harvested in Violation of Peruvian Law
Office of Public Affairs-Department of Justice Press Release on the Quintana Case Florida Couple Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Evade $42 Million in Duties for Illegally Importing and Selling Plywood
FAOLEX is one of the world's largest electronic collection of national laws, regulations and policies on food, agriculture and natural resources
management. Users of FAOLEX have direct access to the abstracts and indexing information about each text, as well as to the full text of the legislation and policies contained in the database.
ECOLEX is an information service on environmental law, operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP. The ECOLEX database includes information on treaties,
international soft-law and other non-binding policy and technical guidance documents, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature. Users have direct access to the abstracts and indexing information
about each document, as well as to the full text of most of the information provided.
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