A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 19, 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 is seeking comments by Jan. 22 for an existing information collection for vessel entrance or clearance statements, it said in a notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the information collected or to the estimated burden hours associated with the collection.
Companies should plan for possible commercial operations disruptions related to the migrant caravan moving toward the southern border, CBP's Tucson Field Office said in a news release. "In the event the Tucson Field Office determines the group will disrupt operations, officials will provide information alerting businesses to implement their contingency plans," it said. "CBP’s priority is the safe and orderly processing of asylum seekers while maintaining port operations. If asylum seekers affect private vehicles or cargo movements, the business resumption plan calls for the re-establishment of operations from low risk lanes to higher risk lanes."
CBP posted a webinar and presentation from August focused on the agency's enforcement of prohibitions on imports made with forced labor. The webinar included government speakers from CBP and the Labor and State departments.
In the Nov. 14 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 52, No. 46), CBP published notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for twistable colored pencils and plastic play food packaged in a plastic backpack.
The exemption from Section 301 tariffs for goods entered as Section 321 de minimis shipments amounts to a "loophole" that blunts the intended effects of the tariffs, said Michael Stumo, CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, in a Nov. 20 post on the conservative website LifeZette. "It’s a rather strange decision by CBP," Stumo said. "The administration had imposed a tariff on thousands of products that fall within the Section 301 list. But CBP then decided that, as long as an importer brings in less than $800 worth of an item on a particular day, no duties will be collected." Stumo alleged that there's no "statutory or regulatory foundation for the decision, and it contradicts the administration’s goal of changing China’s behavior."
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 Nov. 16, 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.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Nov. 16 with 85 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated Nov. 13.
In the Nov. 14 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 52, No. 46), CBP published notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for wallpaper strippers and plastic hard drive storage cases.