A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 28, 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 released the July 29 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 49, No. 30), which contains the following ruling actions (here):
CBP updated the Automated Commercial Environment and Automated Commercial System to allow for Generalized System of Preference duty-free claims on July 29, the agency said in a CSMS message (here). The renewed GSP became effective on that date, meaning CBP is now accepting new GSP claims and will soon begin refund processing for GSP claims submitted after it expired in 2013 (see 1507210023).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 27, 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 is putting together a Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) import working group to consider the technical requirements necessary for FWS to take part in the International Trade Data System, said CBP in a CSMS message (here). The working group, to be part of the Trade Support Network, "will consist of members of the international trade community such as importers and exporters of commodities that are regulated by the FWS, the brokers that process such shipments, the software developers who support the business processes, and representatives from FWS" and CBP, it said. Those interested in participating should email Frank Korpusik at frank.j.korpusik@cbp.dhs.gov by July 30, said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 22-24, 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 issues:
CBP seized 3,960 belts with counterfeit Hermès trademarks at the Port of Los Angeles on June 18, the agency said on July 23 in a news release (here). If real, the belts would be worth about $3.2 million, based on manufacturer’s suggested retail price, said CBP. The goods follow a recent trend of more convincing fakes, said CBP. "Counterfeit products are increasingly of a higher quality, making consumers easily deceived by fakes that look and feel real,” said Carlos Martel, CBP Port Director of the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex." The belts "had the Hermès trademark stamped on each the boxes, and on the back of each belt" and the "trademark was also engraved on the back of the belt buckle," the agency said.
Three cities in Texas were tentatively selected for the Donation Acceptance Program, said CBP in a news release (here). The cities of El Paso, Donna and Pharr in Texas will "engage in further planning and development activities in coordination with CBP and the U.S. General Services Administration" as part of the program, said CBP. CBP began accepting donation proposals last year for the program, which allows the agency to accept donations from the private sector and other government agencies to develop its port infrastructure (see 14100216). This authority provides an alternate method for CBP to fund the infrastructure needed to facilitate the growing volume of international trade and travel to the United States that is so vital to the U.S. economy,” said CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske.
A Federal Register notice from CBP (here) details the plans for processing of Generalized System of Preferences refunds for eligible claims submitted while the program had lapsed. The notice includes much of the same information as released by the agency earlier this month (see 1507210023). The GSP reauthorization allows for retroactive benefits to be applied to eligible goods entered after July 31, 2013 through July 28. CBP plans to begin automated processing of GSP refunds on entries that included a GSP indicator "shortly after the effective date," which is July 29, it said. Duty-free treatment of GSP-eligible imports will also resume on July 29, CBP has said.