CBP extended its travel restrictions on the northern and southern borders another month, through May 20. The travel restrictions had been set to expire on April 20. The travel bans do not apply to cargo, and exempt crossing the border from Canada or Mexico to work in the U.S.

CBP released its April 15 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 14), which includes the following ruling action:

The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated on April 20. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on April 17 or April 20, according to CBP:

CBP clarified its timing requirements for customs duty deferrals (see 2004200024) in April during an April 20 conference call with industry, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in an emailed update. The April 20 filing deadline “is only relevant to the statements that are being processed for payments” on April 21, CBP said, according to the NCBFAA. “For April 30, you have until April 29, at 11:59 P.M., to effect changes on that statement.” Meanwhile, CBP also posted a list of frequently asked questions. Among other things, CBP said drawback claims against estimated duties that are being deferred shouldn't be filed. “CBP is advising that filers delaying duty payment during the 90 day postponement period due to financial hardships, should not file drawback claims until payments have been properly made on the import entry(s),” it said.

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 April 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.

Braumiller Law Group attorneys told webinar listeners April 20 that outside of the automotive sector, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement has more liberal rules of origin than NAFTA. Jim Holbein said that the decision on whether a product qualifies based on tariff shift is a “much simpler rule to apply. I believe that’ll be useful, particularly if your process for obtaining origin is based all on NAFTA.” He gave the example of a flat-screen TV assembled in Mexico, which currently has content percentage rules. Under USMCA, if the manufacturing process qualifies as substantial transformation, that's enough to count as Mexican.

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 April 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.

Some two years after the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum were issued, CBP realized its “previous guidance wasn't as clear as it could be,” a CBP official said during an April 16 conference call. That's why the agency recently updated its CSMS message on the subject (see 2004130056), he said. CBP expects “this will generate a lot of questions about individual Chapter 98 issues because Chapter 98 is huge,” he said. CBP said individual questions should be sent to the Trade Remedy Branch mailbox, traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov, and CBP will compile the recurring questions into a Frequently Asked Questions document.