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CBP Finds Country of Origin of Malaysian Software Products is U.S. for Government Procurement
February 19, 2016 |Customs

Four cybersecurity software products from a Malaysian company are considered of U.S. origin for government procurement purposes, said CBP in a final determination (here). The “source code” is written in Malaysia while the “object code” is compiled in the U.S. "CBP has consistently held that conducting a ‘software build’ -- i.e., compiling source code into object code -- results in a substantial transformation," the agency said. As a result, the finished software products are determined to be of U.S. origin, said CBP.

CBP Releases Guidance on Recordkeeping in ACE
February 17, 2016 |Customs

CBP posted a policy guidance on recordkeeping requirements in the Automated Commercial Environment (here). "As a matter of policy, CBP will not request an entry filer to produce the data (formerly contained in CBP Forms 7501, 3461, 214 or 7512) that the filer previously transmitted to and was retained by CBP unless CBP has a need for such records," the agency said. If CBP does need such records, the filer can retransmit or provide the data through an ACE report, it said. The guidance applies only to "entries/entry summaries and [Foreign Trade Zone] admissions filed in ACE," said CBP. "Supporting documentation that was used to create the data transmitted to CBP must be maintained by the filer and is not covered by this recordkeeping guidance regardless of whether the entry or FTZ admission was filed in ACE or ACS." CBP also noted that "entry data and information previously presented to and retained by CBP is not subject to a recordkeeping penalty for non-production if such data or information is subsequently requested." The way in which a broker or filer provides copies of the transmissions to the importer of record will be up to those parties, said CBP. The guidance doesn't apply to "the recordkeeping requirements or entry/entry summary production requirements of the United States Court of International Trade," said CBP.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Graph Report and Threshold to Fill List as of Feb. 16
February 16, 2016 |Customs

CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Feb. 16. This report (here) includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.