CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:​

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 May 29, 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:

Electroencephalogram (EEG) cutaneous electrodes partly assembled in China are of U.S. origin for government procurement purposes, CBP said in a final determination notice. The ruling was in response to a request from Rhythmlink International. The agency found that "the assembly and attachment of a lead wire to the U.S. origin Electroencephalogram (EEG) Cutaneous Electrodes by crimping or gluing in China is not a substantial transformation," it said. "Therefore, the last substantial transformation of the Rhythmlink Electroencephalogram (EEG) Cutaneous Electrode product occurs in the United States."

CBP will announce a prototype test for type 86 e-commerce entries in the Federal Register very soon, according John Leonard, executive director of the CBP Office of Trade, Policy and Programs. Leonard, who was speaking at the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee meeting in Laredo, Texas, on May 30, said the new entry type would be for de minimis shipments that have partner government agency requirements. Last month, CBP said it is aiming to publish a notice on the testing of the new Entry Type 86 in the fall. Those entry forms would provide data that would be helpful for risk segmentation, Thomas Overacker, CBP executive director, Cargo and Conveyance Security, said then (see 1904170008).

A CBP official at the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee meeting in Laredo, Texas, said that when more CBP customs officers were moved from the Canadian border and airports to the Southern ports of entry, the wait times for cargo diminished. In early April, the CBP executive director for operations in the Office of Field Operations told Congress that wait times at El Paso were 250 minutes -- more than four hours -- compared to 15 minutes the same day the year before. Waits were so long that more than 60 trucks were not able to enter on the day they lined up (see 1904090036).

CBP intends to distribute assessed antidumping or countervailing duties for fiscal year 2019 under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA), it said in a notice. Certifications to obtain a continued dumping and subsidy offset under a particular AD/CV order or finding must be received by July 30.

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 May 28, 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:

Steel goods from Turkey that were given “privileged foreign status” for a foreign-trade zone while steel goods were subject to 50 percent Section 232 tariffs will only be subject to 25 percent tariffs when entered for consumption, CBP said in an update to its page on the Section 232 tariffs. Such goods that were admitted "prior to 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 21, 2019, shall be subject upon entry for consumption on or after such time and date to the additional 25 percent additional ad valorem rate of duty in heading 9903.80.01 in subchapter III of chapter 99 of the [Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States]," CBP said. The Section 232 tariffs on steel from Turkey were reduced to 25 percent on May 21 through a proclamation (see 1905170004) that included the language on FTZs.