CBP issued the following release 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 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 created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1909 on May 22, containing 467 Automated Broker Interface records and 103 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, it said in a CSMS message. The update includes adjustments related to the Section 201 safeguard tariffs on solar cells and residential washers that apply to Turkey now that it has been removed from the Generalized System of Preference benefits program (see 1905240049). Modifications required by the verification of the 2019 HTS are included as well.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its spring 2019 regulatory agenda for CBP. There were no new trade-related rulemakings included.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 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:
CBP will provide updates on trade statistics on a new page. The page includes information on total imports and revenue collections, as well as information on duty assessments from the recent Sections 201, 232 and 301 trade remedies. The statistics also show an uptick from fiscal year 2017 to fiscal year 2018 in completed audits, collections that were a result of importer audits, and trade penalties issued. There was a decrease in liquidated damages and total trade seizures in that time frame.
Turkey is now subject to the Section 201 safeguard tariffs on solar cells and residential washers, CBP said in a CSMS message. Turkey is no longer a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences and is therefore subject to the tariffs (see 1905170004), effective May 17, CBP said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 22, 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 will be "transitioning to a new platform" in coming weeks for the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS), a CBP official said May 23 during a conference call. The impact on users with be "fairly minimal," but it will include improved formatting and will eliminate duplicate messages, he said. There also will be a new numbering system for the messages and a new archive structure for finding older messages. "Current recipients of CSMS messages will not be required to resubscribe as part of the transition," he said.
CBP is still waiting for some details on the termination of Turkey's eligibility for benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences, a CBP official said during a May 23 conference call. Asked about the specific effective date for goods being entered from Turkey and why there has not been a CSMS message, a CBP official said "we don't have the confirmed information for that." CBP sometimes has to work "behind the curve" when reacting to executive orders, the official said. President Donald Trump announced that Turkey would no longer be part of GSP program effective May 17 (see 1905170004). Annex A of the proclamation, published in the May 21 Federal Register, says the removal of Turkey from tariff schedule provisions on GSP takes effect "for goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 17, 2019 ... ."