CBP is seeking comments by Feb. 10 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.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP released its Nov. 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 53, No. 43). While it does not contain any customs rulings, it contains CBP general notices and Court of International Trade decisions.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Automated Export System and Electronic Export Information filings are not yet considered proof of exportation for drawback purposes, according to a Dec. 9 alert from the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. NCBFAA said it received the “advice” from CBP after “many inquiries and some confusion” about proof of export rules.
The U.S. and Vietnam signed a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement meant to “further strengthen bilateral cooperation on security and the facilitation of lawful trade,” CBP said in an emailed Dec. 9 news release. “This agreement is a critical step forward in our economic and security partnership with Vietnam,” CBP Deputy Assistant Commissioner for International Affairs Erik Moncayo said. “The CMAA will enable the U.S. and Vietnam to more effectively combat terrorism and transnational crime while facilitating increasing volumes of lawful commerce.” The U.S. now has CMAAs with 82 countries, it said. In recent months, Vietnam has been trying to crack down on country of origin fraud and transshipment schemes that have become especially more frequent since the ramping up of U.S.-China trade tensions (see 1908280043).
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP added on Dec. 5 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. Filers of imported products that were granted an exclusion (see 1911260056) should report the regular Chapters 17, 28, 39, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89 and 94 Harmonized Tariff Schedule number, as well as subheading 9903.88.35, CBP said in the message. “Importers shall not submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 301 duties when” subheading 9903.88.35 is submitted, CBP said.
CBP's plans to replace the manufacturer/shipper identification code (MID) with a Global Business Identifier ought to be circulated further as it considers taking action, said American Association of Exporters and Importers CEO Marianne Rowden at the Dec. 4 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee meeting. Rowden spoke during the public comments portion of the meeting after a working group offered suggestions for how CBP should go about considering options for the MID replacement (see 1912020011). The agency should “go slow on this issue,” she said.
CBP will add some new components to its ongoing test of advance data collections for low-value entries that may be eligible for Section 321 exemptions, the agency said in a notice. “This notice announces that CBP is modifying the Section 321 Data Pilot to include shipments arriving by ocean and to include international mail shipments,” the agency said.