CBP compiled its mitigation guidelines for penalties related to advance electronic cargo information requirements in a new document. The new document largely follows information released by the agency in 2005 and amended in 2011. "The failure of an arriving carrier (vessel, air or rail) to be automated in the Automated Manifest System ('AMS') at all ports of entry in the United States, or the failure of an arriving carrier (vessel, air or rail) or of any authorized electronic transmitter to provide the required advance electronic cargo information in the time period and manner prescribed by [CBP] regulations may result in the delay or denial of a vessel carrier’s preliminary entry-permit/special license to unlade, an air carrier’s landing rights, a train carrier’s permission to proceed, and/or the assessment of any other applicable statutory penalty," CBP said.
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP released its April 18 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 52, No. 16), which includes the following ruling actions:
Filers of entries eligible for the Generalized System of Preferences may resume filing without payment of estimated duties beginning on the April 22 effective date of recent GSP renewal legislation (see 1803230028), CBP said in a notice in the Federal Register mirroring its earlier guidance on the topic (see 1804040031). CBP will on that date begin automatically processing refunds for GSP entries filed during the lapse period of Jan. 1, 2018, through April 21, 2018, that included Special Program Indicator (SPI) “A,” it said. “CBP will not automatically process GSP duty refunds for formal covered entries that were not filed electronically via ABI, nor for formal and informal covered entries that were filed electronically via ABI with payment of estimated duties, but without inclusion of the SPI Code ‘A’ as a prefix to the listed tariff number. In both situations, requests for liquidation or reliquidation of covered entries must be made no later than September 19, 2018,” the agency said. “To avoid confusion, importers should not submit post-importation GSP claims on tariff items filed with the SPI ‘A’ at entry summary,” it said.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was "migrated to the cloud" on April 16, a CBP spokesman said. "While the basic functionality of CROSS remains the same, we have modernized the interface and added a feature which allows users the ability to narrow search results by searching only within a specified date range," he said.
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1805 on April 16, containing 267 Automated Broker Interface records and 60 harmonized tariff records, it said in a CSMS message. Modifications include updates to partner government agency (PGA) indicators, as well as to "support ACE validations for Colombia Sugar Certificates of Qualified Entry," CBP said.
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 April 9-13, 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 June 18 on an existing information collection related to the entry/immediate delivery applications and ACE cargo release, it said in a notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with minor changes to the information collected related to safeguard duties on washing machines and solar cells and Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum products, as well as an increase of the estimated burden hours associated with the collection.