Most federal government agencies are shut down or operating in a limited capacity and those agencies that cover domestic and international trade are not exempted.

President Donald Trump told Congress that he would not sign a stop-gap funding measure unless it included funds for a southern border wall between the United States and Mexico, and the federal government shutdown commenced at 12:01 a.m. Dec. 22, the third government shutdown this year.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicated that ports will be staffed as normal. However, the CBP's website will not be actively managed and the CBP will not respond to inquiries until the government is funded again, according to a blog post published by law firm Thompson Hine on Wednesday.

Eighty-six percent of the U.S. Department of Commerce's staff is affected by the shutdown, according to Thompson Hine. The Bureau of Industry and Security's operations have been limited because of the temporary staff reduction. The agency's export enforcement will continue as well as its conduct of ongoing criminal investigations and prosecutions. Requests for licenses and advisory opinions through the BIS has ceased because of the shutdown. The Department of Commerce's International Trade Association also has mostly ceased operations because of the shutdown.

In the U.S. Department of State, the operations of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls  have been significantly curtailed. All D-Trade submissions through the DDTC will be rejected by the system and returned to whomever put in the application. But requests for licenses that give direct support to the military, humanitarian aid or other emergencies will be active, according to the firm. The blog post says that requests that are in process as of Dec. 21 will remain in that status.

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control also will be slowed because of the shutdown and pages on its website will not be updated during the shutdown, the firm said.

Finally, the U.S. International Trade Commission has stopped all of its regular operations. The Harmonized Tariff Schedule Search Tool and Dataweb will be available, but there won't be any staff to help out with it.

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