A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan announced formation of the new Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee Emerging Technologies Working Group during the Aug. 23 COAC meeting in San Diego. "Initially, one of the things that this working group will tackle is the emerging field of blockchain and how that applies to global supply chains," he said. It's a "technology that we think could be very promising for harmonizing key aspects of the global supply chain as we move goods across multiple borders."
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP released its Aug. 23 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 51, No. 34). While it does not contain any rulings, it does include recent CBP notices and Court of International Trade opinions.
CBP issued a notice in the Aug. 23 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 51, No. 34) regarding the dates and draft agenda for the 60th Session of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System Committee (HSC), which will meet in Brussels Sept. 27 - Oct. 6. Among other things, the HSC issues classification decisions on the interpretation of the Harmonized System (HS) in the form of published tariff classification opinions or amendments to the Explanatory Notes. It also considers amendments to the legal text of the HS.
The Brewers Association will revise conference policy and performance guidelines in response to a CBP ruling on country of origin markings for imported steel beer kegs, the group said in a news release. The April 17 ruling, NY N284767, found that steel beer kegs, whether imported empty or not, are "clearly suitable for repetitive use" and therefore not considered "usual containers." CBP also said such kegs can't be considered "instruments of international traffic. "The kegs do not meet this definition for multiple reasons," CBP said. "First, you have not established that the kegs are imported, emptied, and re-exported for refilling. Second, the kegs enter the U.S. commerce. If the kegs are diverted from international traffic and are used domestically, they will cease to be considered instruments of international traffic."
The unplanned ACE outages during the week of July 31 (see 1708030015) were the result of "hardware failure," CBP Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said during the Aug. 23 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee meeting in San Diego. McAleenan noted that the issues weren't caused by a cybersecurity problem or any other malicious incident.
CBP posted on the agency's website some details about the coming deployments of new ACE capabilities scheduled for Sept. 16. The agency will deploy "Non-ABI Entry Summary/Lineless (for CBP only), Duty Deferral, e214, Manufacturer ID Creation and Importer Security Filing (ISF)," it said. After the deployment, "these capabilities will no longer be filed/processed in the Automated Commercial System (ACS) and must be done via ACE," it said. CBP also said in a CSMS message that the deployment of statements in ACE, planned for Dec. 16, would now take place on Dec. 9. That change is meant to "better align with the Periodic Monthly Statement schedule" and doesn't impact the schedule for any other deployments, said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 21, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: