CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
CBP issued a CSMS message stating that between the hours of midnight Sunday morning, January 10, 2010 and 4pm Monday, January 11, 2010, a small number of accepted responses to Importer Security Filings included an ISF transaction number wherein the sequential portion of the number is valid, but the filer code portion is not the actual filer code of the party filing the ISF. In those instances, CBP has modified its files to reflect the proper ISF transaction number using the sequential portion as originally reported and substituting the actual filer code for the party filing the ISF transaction. (CSMS 10-000008, dated 01/12/10, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17788&page=&srch_argv=10-000008&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
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1. CBP Fixes Computer Glitch Affecting ISF Transaction Numbers
2. Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of January 11th
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) and tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of January 11, 2010. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, Peru TPA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (Weekly commodity report, posted 01/11/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/cr_01112010.ctt/cr_01112010.pdf)
3. Updated TRQ/TPL "Threshold to Fill" List
CBP has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor TRQs and TPLs that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections - those that are at least 85% filled and those that are closed. (List, updated 01/11/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)
4. CBP Memo on AGOA Changes
CBP has issued a memorandum regarding Presidential Proclamation 8468, which terminated the designation of Madagascar and Niger as African Growth and Opportunity Act beneficiary countries, effective January 1, 2010. The Proclamation also re-designated Mauritania as a lesser-developed AGOA beneficiary country, effective December 23, 2009. (TBT-10-001, dated 01/05/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/priority_trade/textiles/tbts/tbt2010/tbt_10_001.ctt/tbt_10_001.pdf)
5. 2010 Preliminary TRQ for Tuna and Skipjack Oversubscribed at Opening
CBP has posted a memorandum announcing that the TRQ for tuna and skipjack, in airtight containers, not in oil, in containers, weighing with their contents not over 7 kg each, which opened on January 4, 2010, exceeded the preliminary TRQ limit at the opening. Entries should continue to be submitted at the over-quota (high) rate.
CBP will be informed of the final TRQ limit in March 2010, at which time CBP will issue proration and liquidation instructions to the field/trade. CBP states that if a warehouse entry is liquidated prior to CBP's receipt of the final TRQ limit, CBP recommends that the importer file a protest to ensure proper processing of any applicable refund once the final proration is determined. (QBT-10-502, dated 01/08/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2010/qbt_10-502.ctt/qbt_10-502.pdf)
6. 2010 Dairy Products TRQ Partially Oversubscribed at Opening
CBP has posted a memorandum announcing that the 2010 TRQ for dairy products, provided for in HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 10, which opened on January 4, 2010, partially oversubscribed at the opening. The All Other Countries limit oversubscribed and the minimum access quantity (MAQ) for Australia was exceeded. The Belgium/Denmark (aggregated) MAQ was not exceeded, and the balance remains available. See CBP's memo for pro rata percentages. (QBT-10-504, dated 01/08/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2010/qbt_10_504.ctt/qbt_10_504.pdf)
7. Updated CF 1400, CF 1401 Reports
CBP has posted an updated version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) - an electronic query report for CF 1400 of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP has also posted an updated CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) - an electronic query report for CF 1401 of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances. (Reports, posted 01/11/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/cargo_security/carriers/cf1400.ctt/cf1400.pdf and http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/cargo_security/carriers/cf1401.ctt/cf1401.pdf)
8. CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
CBP has issued the following antidumping and countervailing messages on behalf of the International Trade Administration:
These messages are available on CBP's website at http://addcvd.cbp.gov