The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated on March 30. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on March 30, according to CBP:

CBP released its April 1 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 12), which includes the following ruling actions:

CBP revoked a withhold release order on imports of tuna harvested from the Tunago No. 61 vessel, CBP said in a news release. “This decision was based on information obtained by CBP that tuna and tuna products from this vessel are no longer produced under forced labor conditions,” CBP said. The agency issued the WRO in 2019 (see 1902040017). This the second WRO revocation in recent weeks (see 2003250020).

CBP will add on April 2 the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the fourth tranche of Section 301 tariffs, it said in a CSMS message. The fourth tranche product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 1, 2019, and will remain in effect until Sept. 1, 2020. (see 2003260030)

Some ports are making operational adjustments in an effort to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, CBP officials said in recent notices. On March 31, the Port of San Francisco said it is temporarily reducing entry operations staff. “At this time, we are reducing on-site presence of Entry and Import specialist staff at the San Francisco Customhouse and have set up a drop box to help prevent community spread,” the port said in a notice. “Beginning April 1, 2020, the entry unit on the second floor will be open two days a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays. This means the Entry Unit will be closed Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Import Specialists and Entry Specialists will not be on site, with the exception of Tuesdays and Thursdays, when one or two Entry Specialists will be working in the Entry Unit.”

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 30 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.

Safeguard duties, trade remedies and sections 232 and 301 duties will still be due at the time of import, but the normal, most favored nation (MFN) duties will be able to be deferred for 90 days, Bloomberg reports. The wire service said CBP proposed a broader swath of tariffs eligible for deferral, but the president didn't want to include the tariffs that his administration imposed. Bloomberg said the executive order could come this week. Most MFN tariffs are lower than the 25% tariffs applied to billions of dollars worth of Chinese imports, but in apparel, footwear and on pickup trucks, there are tariffs that high or higher. Several options for the deferral had been under discussion in recent days (see 2003280001). CBP did not comment.

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 March 27 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 added on March 31 the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the third tranche of Section 301 tariffs, it said in a CSMS message. The official Office of the U.S. Trade Representative notice for the exclusions was published on March 26 (see 2003230043). The exclusions are in subheading 9903.88.43. 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. 24, 2018, and will expire after Aug. 7, 2020. The CSMS message also includes a summary of Section 301 duties that shows information on each tranche of tariffs and granted product exclusions.