CBP is seeking comments by Nov. 9 on an existing information collection request on bonded warehouses, it said in a Sept. 8 notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or the information collected.
CBP released its Sept. 9 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 35). While it does not contain any customs rulings, it contains CBP general notices and Court of International Trade decisions.
Coming withhold release orders on goods from China (see 2009080049) will cover “the entire supply chains for cotton, from yarn to textiles and apparel, as well as tomatoes, tomato paste and other regional exports,” said Brenda Smith, CBP’s executive assistant commissioner in the Office of Trade. She told Reuters in an interview that “we have reasonable, but not conclusive, evidence that there is a risk of forced labor in supply chains related to cotton textiles and tomatoes coming out of Xinjiang.” Plans to announce the WROs were delayed due to “scheduling issues,” CBP told Reuters. CBP didn't comment to International Trade Today.
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 Sept. 4, 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.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept 7. The following headquarters rulings was modified recently, according to CBP:
A maker of disposable gloves in Malaysia submitted an independent auditor's report in order to prove there is no forced labor in its supply chain, the company said in a news release. Gloves manufactured by Top Glove are subject to a withhold release order issued in July (see 2007150032). “The report was developed following the completion of verification work performed on its labour practices by the independent consultant, which entailed virtual interviews of about 1,100 of the company’s migrant and local workers across various locations,” it said. Active engagement by Top Glove with CBP “is ongoing and Top Glove looks forward to an expeditious upliftment of the Withhold Release Order,” it said.
CBP will deploy broker fee automation in November, the agency said in an updated ACE deployment schedule. The deployment is “[p]art of the Revenue Modernization effort,” CBP said. “[t]his enhancement will automate the collection of user fees -- including triennial and exam fees.” Also new to the schedule are the second and third phases of enhancements to ACE Truck Manifest, in the August-October 2021 period, according to the change log.
CBP may issue a withhold release order aimed at cotton goods from the Xinjiang region of China, according to a report in The New York Times. The report follows a recent request from human rights groups for a broad ban on all cotton goods from the region (see 2009010059). The precise breadth of such an order isn't clear, the report said. There is growing administration scrutiny of the use of forced labor in the region, and other recent actions foreshadowed more enforcement on the import side (see 2008250018). Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported that CBP is looking at WROs on goods from six specific companies -- “three that operate in the cotton, textile and apparel industries, one in computer parts and two in hair products.” Among the mentioned companies are the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and the Xinjiang Junggar Cotton and Linen Co., it said. CBP didn't comment.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Sept. 3, 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.