This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s April 10, 2012, “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly March 26, 2012 “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”1
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking comments by June 11, 2012, on an existing information collection on lien notices for freight. CBP is proposing to extend this information collection with a change to the burden hours or information collected.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) hosted meetings at the initial three ports which will be piloting Simplified Entry. The meetings provided bi-directional education for both CBP and the Trade on how Simplified Entries will flow in the Air Mode of Transportation (MOT). The Simplified Entry visits were held at all three pilot ports: the Fed Ex hub in Indianapolis, Ind. on March 14th, the Chicago, Ill. Field Office on March 16th, and the Atlanta, Ga. Field Office on March 19th.
A recently released U.S. Customs and Border Protection February 23 Implementation Guide for Messaging Interface between International Trade Data System Trade Partners and the CBP Document Image System (DIS) for importers and brokers provides extensive technical details on the messaging processes. The document, numbered ITDS-DIS-IG-1.2.6, says For Official Use Only. CBP recently began the first phase of DIS testing for Importers and Brokers using ACE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a reminder of the Sept. 29, 2012, effective date for required use of ACE e-Manifest for advance Rail and Sea cargo information and automated broker interface in-bond transactions. As of April 6, 1,872 importers, brokers or software providers have finished certification testing, 705 are currently testing, and 322 have moved to ACE production, according to the reminder. Importers, brokers and software providers that aren't among those groups and file advance rail and sea cargo information or ABI in-bond transactions should contact their client representative, the reminder said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will seek comments on an extension of existing information gathering regarding Cargo Container and Road Vehicle Certification for Transport under Customs Seal, according to a notice published in the Federal Register April 10. Comments are due June 11. CBP proposes the extension of time without change to the burden hours.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of April 9.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said there was an incident in ACE M1 Production on April 10 between the hours of 1 a.m. and 4:15 a.m. EST that resulted in some Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages failing for 096 RUN HAS BEEN TERMINATED errors. CBP said the issue has been resolved and to re-submit any input jobs that resulted in that message.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources said the first phase of Document Image System (DIS) testing for importers and brokers using ACE began on April 6. CBP also released a February 23 Implementation Guide for Messaging Interface between International Trade Data System Trade Partners and the CBP Document Image System (DIS) for importers and brokers. The document, numbered ITDS-DIS-IG-1.2.6, says For Official Use Only. CBP recently began the first phase of DIS testing for Importers and Brokers using ACE.