A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP said it resolved a problem with about 2,500 carrier and importer accounts that account identifiers are rejected when transmitted in an EDI or portal transaction, said CBP in a CSMS message. Affected users also couldn't access their ACE Secure Data Portal account, said CBP.
CBP's Reimbursable Services program includes the use of CBP services at places not currently being served by the agency, it said in an update on the program (here). The statutory authority for the program "expressly contemplates the provision of such services at new facilities," said CBP. The requestor must comply with CBP specifications in order make use of such services, it said. CBP's Office of Field Operations will be in charge of determining the staffing level needed for services under such agreements, the agency said. CBP recently outlined its plans to implement the program, which would allow private groups to reimburse CBP for new or enhanced customs or immigration inspections (see 13051329).
CBP posted a number of presentations and documents that the agency showed at a recent Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) conference. The conference, held May 21 in Baltimore, included several technical overviews of ACE progress and future plans. The agency is planning to require ACE filing for manifest and cargo release by the end of 2015 and will require filing everything through ACE by the end of 2016, it said in a presentation on the ACE Plan Forward (here).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 22, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP is working with other government agencies "to evaluate the possibility of expanding the [Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism] program to include U.S. exporters," the agency said in a fact sheet on the C-TPAT program. CBP is also working to partner with other agencies to "exchange common program information, metrics, and operational lessons in an effort to identify opportunities to increase efficiency and reduce redundancy within their respective trusted trader programs to ultimately streamline the process," it said.
CBP is in need of a Senate-confirmed commissioner, said CBP Deputy Commissioner Thomas Winkowski during the May 22 Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) meeting in Washington. Winkowski said he looks forward to the day a permanent commissioner is chosen, but he wouldn't be interested in taking that role. "If nominated I will not accept and if drafted, I will not run," he said, paraphrasing a famous quote from Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. "It's been a long time and hopefully some inroads are being made here and we'll get this show on road," he said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
Los Angeles International Airport customs filers should communicate with the Trade Interface Unit (TIU) via email, said CBP's Los Angeles field office in a public bulletin. The volume of faxes to the TIU has increased heavily over the recent months and filers should communicate to the TIU through email at LAXTIU@CBP.DHS.GOV. Filers should wait up to 24 hours for a reply before following up, it said. Email to the TIU should include the name of the person requesting assistance, phone number, and a subject line that contains the reason for the request and the entry number, the notice said.