CBP will extend its travel restrictions on the northern and southern borders through Aug. 20, it said in a two notices released July 21. The travel restrictions were to expire July 21 (see 2006220016). The travel bans do not apply to cargo, and exempt crossing the border from Canada or Mexico to work in the U.S.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 17, 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 the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP recently announced the following antidumping and countervailing duty evasion investigations under the Enforce and Protect Act:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 14. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
CBP added on July 16 the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the fourth tranche of Section 301 tariffs, a CSMS message said. The new exclusions (see 2007090035) are in subheading 9903.88.51. CBP also provided information about some modifications to current exclusions, including several for face masks, to reflect recent changes to the tariff schedule that took effect July 1. The exclusions are available for any product that meets the description in the Annex to USTR’s notice, regardless of whether the importer filed an exclusion request. The product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 1, 2019, and will remain in effect until Sept. 1, 2020.
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 began July 1 and ends Sept. 30, 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 Oct. 1-Dec. 31 quarter, CBP said.
CBP added on July 16 the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the third tranche of Section 301 tariffs, a CSMS message said. The official Office of the U.S. Trade Representative notice for the new exclusion for motorboats was published June 24 (see 2006190034). The exclusions are in subheading 9903.88.48. They are available for any product that meets the description in the Annex to USTR’s notice, regardless of whether the importer filed an exclusion request. The product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 24, 2018, the date the tariffs on the fourth list took effect, and remain in effect until Aug. 7. The CSMS message also includes information about recently granted extensions for 12 exclusions from the first list of Section 301 tariffs on China that were due to expire July 9 (see 2007080025).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 16, 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.