A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Dec. 31, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADD CVD Search page.
CBP issued a withhold release order for imported “tuna and other seafood harvested by the Lien Yi Hsing No. 12, a Taiwanese flagged and owned distant water fishing vessel,” CBP said in a news release. Effective Dec. 31, CBP will stop seafood from the vessel at all U.S. ports of entry, it said.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Dec. 30. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Dec. 30, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADD CVD Search page.
CBP scheduled its semiannual customs broker license exams for 2021 to be administered on Wednesday, April 21, and Thursday, Oct. 21, the agency said in a notice. The exams are typically given on the fourth Wednesday in April and October. “Due to the limited availability of testing sites caused by state and local restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, CBP has changed the regularly scheduled dates of the examination,” the agency said.
In the Dec. 16 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 49), CBP published notices that propose to modify rulings on polymer products A312A-9010-W and A312A-NP-W.
CBP on Dec. 30 issued instructions for filing for reduced tax rates and/or credits on imported alcoholic drinks under the Craft Beverage Modernization Act, which was extended permanently (see 2012210045), effective Jan. 1, 2021. While CBP will continue to oversee the provisions for now, the Treasury Department will take over in 2023, it said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP published the quarterly Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties. For the quarter that begins Jan. 1, 2021, the interest rates for overpayments remains 2% for corporations and 3% for non-corporations, and the interest rate for underpayments will be 3% for both corporations and non-corporations. These interest rates are subject to change for the April-June quarter, CBP said.