The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated on April 13. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on April 13, according to CBP:
CBP is requesting comments by May 11 on an existing information collection for foreign assembler's declarations, it said in a notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or information collected.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 9 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 May 11 on an existing information collection request for NAFTA regulations and certificates of origin, it said in a notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected.
CBP is extending the comment period to May 11 on an existing information collection request for distributions of funds pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA), it said in a notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with a change to the burden hours, but not the information collected.
A CBP ruling on the withdrawal of goods from bonded warehouses by cruise ships seems to limit the access of out of operation cruise ships to “deliveries of duty- and tax-free bonded supplies,” the Neville Peterson law firm said in a blog post. Since March 14, “cruise ship operators have been required to cease operations and for the most part remain at dock or anchorage at United States ports,” the firm said. “Ships’ crews[,] which may number 1000 persons on average, are effectively quarantined aboard these vessels.” CBP said it its ruling that ships not “actually engaged in foreign trade” can't access bonded warehouse goods. “This determination effectively cuts off the cruise ships from bonded supplies for the crewmembers who are effectively quarantined aboard,” Neville Peterson said. “The position is being challenged administratively, but has caused additional turmoil for the cruise ship industry.”
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 8 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 has assessed about $60.8 billion in duties under the major trade remedies started during the Trump administration as of April 8, according to CBP's trade statistics page. That includes $49.6 billion in duties from the Section 301 tariffs on goods from China, and $500 million in Section 301 tariffs on goods from the European Union. CBP also has assessed about $6.9 billion under the Section 232 tariffs on steel and $2.1 billion under tariffs on aluminum. The Section 201 trade remedies on washing machines, washing machine parts and solar cells account for $1.7 billion in assessed tariffs. CBP's statistics account for refunds provided to importers.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated on April 7. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on April 7, according to CBP: