The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Dec. 4 with 74 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated Nov. 30.

CBP is currently considering deregulatory efforts that include revenue modernization, updating the customs regulations to account for e-bond functionality in ACE, free-trade zone modernization and bonded warehouse modernization, it said in a document released ahead of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee meeting previously scheduled for Dec. 5. Other deregulatory efforts will focus on the liquidation process and updating regulations for ACE functionality, CBP said.

CBP and the federal government will treat Dec. 5 as a holiday in honor of former president George H.W. Bush, the agency said in a CSMS message. "Entry Summaries and Statements due on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 will be processed," it said. "CBP will accept all payment authorizations PN/QN and process them however the Finals will not print until Friday morning due to the holiday. Filers can present or pay on Thursday, December 6, 2018 without penalty." CBP will reschedule the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee that was planned for Dec.5 (see 1812030022). The Court of International Trade will also be closed on Dec. 5, it said in a notice.

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

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

In the Nov. 28 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 52, No. 48), CBP published notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for MetaSmart Dry, a cattle feed additive.

An ankle brace used to treat posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is of Mexican origin for government procurement purposes, CBP said in a final determination notice. The ruling was in response to DJO LLC's request for a final determination of the origin of the item. The product uses an adjustable aircell to accommodate differences in foot arch shapes and heights, CBP said. The aircell, which is installed by DJO in Mexico, is likely to drive a customer decision about the product, CBP said. "As such, we find the manufacture of the aircell in Mexico and additional processing to create a fully functioning brace results in a substantial transformation of the components such that the country of origin for government procurement purposes is Mexico," CBP said.

Jet fuel made in India from U.S. or Mexican petroleum crude oil is of Indian origin for government procurement purposes, CBP said in a final determination notice. The ruling was in response to Anoi's request for a final determination of the fuel. While the company said the JP5 jet fuel should be a product of the U.S. or Mexico, "we find the JP5 specification jet fuel is clearly a new and different article with a new name, character, and use from that of the petroleum crude oil from which it was refined," the agency said. The country of origin of the produced JP5" will be the country in which the substantial transformation (distillation) occurs, namely India," CBP said.

Importers may now claim a lower $1.07 excise tax rate for wines with more than 14 percent, but not more than 16 percent, alcohol by volume, CBP said in a CSMS message. The agency has updated ACE to reflect the new rate, which also applies to some effervescent low alcohol by volume wines and effervescent meads, as set by the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 (CBMA). The rate had previously been $1.57 per gallon. Importers claiming the lower rate should not use the CBMA entry summary line level flag available in ACE. That flag only applies to situations wherein the importer is claiming tax credits pursuant to foreign producer assignments (see 1810200001). On the other hand, the flag should be used if the importer is claiming both the $1.07 tax rate and a tax credit.

CBP will reschedule the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) that was planned for Dec. 5, an agency spokesman said. The federal government will be closed on Dec. 5 to honor former president George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30. CBP is still working on the new date for the meeting, the spokesman said.