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CBP AD and CV Messages as of March 24
March 25, 2020 |Customs

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 24 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 Says Revocation of Rubber Gloves WRO Followed Close Coordination With Company
March 25, 2020 |Customs

CBP's withdrawal of the Withhold Release Order on disposable rubber gloves made by a company in Malaysia (see 2003240066) followed an intensive information-sharing effort between the manufacturer and CBP, the agency said in a news release. The agency said it revoked the WRO “based on recent information obtained by CBP showing the company is no longer producing the rubber gloves under forced labor conditions.” CBP issues WROs to prevent imports of goods suspected of involving forced labor in the manufacturing process. The 2019 WRO applied to Disposable Rubber Gloves manufactured in Malaysia by WRP Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd.

Topics:Forced Labor
Customs Modernization Business Group Seeking Extensions for Liquidation, Other Timelines
March 25, 2020 |Customs

CBP should look at “extending the liquidation of all unliquidated entries by 90 or 180 days,” the Business Alliance for Customs Modernization told the agency in a March 23 letter. Those extensions “would help ensure that importers who may be eligible for duty refunds (e.g., based on Section 232 or Section 301 product exclusion approvals) do not miss opportunities to pursue such refunds administratively due to staffing issues caused by COVID-19.” BACM offered its support for deferring collections of customs duties and asked “that payments related to past liabilities, such as denied protests, also be temporarily deferred.” BACM suggested several other items it said “would help ease the burden on the trade community during this time.”

Topics:USMCA
CBP AD and CV Messages as of March 23
March 24, 2020 |Customs

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 23 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.

Pandemic Supply Importers Should Give CBP Advance Notice
March 24, 2020 |Customs

Importers of COVID-19 pandemic response materials should give CBP advance notice of shipments, the CBP New York Field Office said in a March 24 information pipeline. Products deserving of advance notice include “pharmaceutical products, personal protective equipment, building supplies, or other items,” CBP said. This is meant to help “expedite legitimate shipments” of the goods, “while taking appropriate enforcement action against nefarious actors,” it said. The advance notification should include “shipments in the air, on the water, or already arrived and pending release, and is particularly true for shipments CBP has placed on hold,” it said. Any shipment issues should be directed to the arrival port, it said. CBP has also created a toll-free number to contact the Centers of Excellence and Expertise because most personnel are teleworking, it said. That number is 1-866-295-7624.

CBP Allowing Flexibility for In-Bond Shipment Timing
March 24, 2020 |Customs

CBP will be allowing for flexibility for in-bond shipment requirements upon requests from the trade, said Armando Taboada, who oversees trade operations at the Laredo Field Office, during a conference call on March 24. Asked whether there can be leniency for in-bond time frames in 19 CFR 18.1, Taboada said yes and that CBP knows that the local business shutdowns have created many issues. “One thing we are asking, that if you are going ask for an extension, that it be addressed to the port director at the affected port of entry,” he said. CBP will document those requests in ACE, he said. CBP also said it will continue to provide Fast and Secure Trade program benefits even for FAST cards that are expired. That's because CBP has shut down its Trusted Traveler Program enrollment centers, leaving FAST drivers unable to renew.