CBP released its July 1 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 25), which includes the following ruling actions:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated on July 1. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
Drawback filers should not file any USMCA drawback claims at this time, CBP said in a CSMS message. Some technical changes to ACE need to be made before CBP can accept USMCA claims, and the agency will send out another CSMS message when they have been deployed. “Please continue to file NAFTA drawback claims, if applicable, under the NAFTA requirements,” CBP said. Filers will not be allowed to commingle NAFTA and USMCA imports on the same drawback claim. “The date of entry determines which agreement controls, not the date of claim,” it said.
CBP issued its final USMCA implementing instructions late June 30, it said in a CSMS message issued late that day. “These USMCA Implementing Instructions replace the Updated USMCA Interim Implementing Instructions issued on June 16, 2020, and provide guidance on the new requirements under the USMCA, including information on USMCA entry, compliance, rules-of-origin, origin certifications, new auto requirements, textile requirements, and other requirements for claiming USMCA preferential treatment for goods,” CBP said. “Effective July 1, 2020, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) terminates and the USMCA enters into force.”
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 June 29 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 is seeking comments by Aug. 31 on an existing information collection request for bonded warehouse proprietor's submissions, it said in a notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with an increase to the burden hours but no change to the information collected.
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2005 June 29, containing 124,980 Automated Broker Interface records and 24,925 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, it said in a CSMS message. The update includes changes necessary to implement the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and to support the automation of softwood lumber assessments. The update also covers modifications mandated by the 484 F Committee (the Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules) and recent Section 301 tariff exclusions. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.L.Keeling@cbp.dhs.gov.
CBP is issuing a notice amending its National Customs Automation Program reconciliation test to provide for the filing of post-importation claims under 19 USC 1520(d) -- also known as 520(d) claims -- for U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement treatment beginning on July 1. As with 520(d) claims for NAFTA and other free trade agreements, importers of entries flagged for USMCA must file their reconciliation entries within 12 months of the earliest import date for the flag. Post-importation refunds of merchandise processing fees (MPF) are not currently allowed under USMCA, but CBP says importers may “wish to flag USMCA entries for the possibility of MPF refunds for a post-importation USMCA claim, as CBP will provide for refunds consistent with any legislative changes.” For goods entered prior to July 1, the date when USMCA takes effect, importers may continue to submit post-importation NAFTA claims. “Since importers may file post-importation claims at any time within one year after the date of importation, no post-importation claims for NAFTA preference will be accepted after June 30, 2021,” CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: