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CBP Seeks New Members for Port Inspection User Fee Advisory Committee
May 30, 2017 |Customs

CBP is soliciting applications for appointment to its 20-member User Fee Advisory Committee, it said in a notice (here). The committee advises CBP on matters related to "the performance of inspections coinciding with the assessment of an agriculture, customs, or immigration user fee," the notice said. Members will be selected to “represent the point of view of the airline, cruise ship, transportation, and other industries that may be subject to agriculture, customs, or immigration user fees,” CBP said. Applications are due July 14.

Funding Limitations Make Transparency, Prioritization Increasingly Important in BIEC Discussions
May 30, 2017 by Tim Warren|Customs

Funding is a major and now even more complex concern within the Border Interagency Executive Committee discussions, BIEC members said while speaking at the West Coast Trade Symposium on May 24. "This is the real work, I think, now that we've gotten to the other side of the single window," said Cynthia Whittenburg, deputy executive assistant commissioner at CBP’s Office of International Trade. Adding to the already complicated work in the BIEC, the partner government agencies (PGAs) also now need to consider the effects on other parts of the overall system, said Agriculture Department international issues analyst Robert Berczik of the Food Safety and Inspection Service. "Now it's not simply" making process changes, "you've got to really think through, 'OK, well now what's the domino effect?' and 'Where does this impact everything else that's been developed and is in place down the line?'"

CBP Publishes Quarterly Interest Rates for Customs Duties Underpayments and Refunds
May 25, 2017 |Customs

CBP published the quarterly Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties (here). For the quarter which began April 1 and ends June 30, the interest rates for overpayments will be 3 percent for corporations and 4 percent for non-corporations, and the rate for underpayments will be 4 percent for corporations and non-corporations. These interest rates are subject to change for the calendar quarter beginning July 1 and ending Sept. 30, CBP said.

CBP Hopes to Restore Operations by May 29 at Storm-Damaged Laredo Border Crossing
May 24, 2017 |Customs

CBP hopes to restore operations by May 29 at a Laredo, Texas, border crossing damaged by a storm, it said (here). The Laredo World Trade Bridge, which sees 8,000 crossings daily, has been closed since a storm on May 21 damaged CBP facilities. Traffic is being diverted to the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge, which was unaffected by the storm, and CBP has extended the hours of the alternate crossing, it said. CBP and Mexican Customs (SAT) have agreed to keep the Laredo World Trade Bridge closed from May 22 to May 28 to provide for the cleanup, repairs and restoration of services, it said. “As provided for by bi-national business resumption plans, CBP and SAT will work collaboratively to prioritize FAST, perishable, and medical related shipments as truck lanes become operational” at the World Trade Bridge, CBP said in a separate CSMS message (here). A “snow day” is “being granted to filers for statements and payments due Monday, May 22, 2017,” it said.