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 7, 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.)
Modifications to CBP's Automated Commercial System will allow for electronic transmission of Agriculture Department sugar certificates, said CBP in a CSMS message. "This adjustment will decrease the verification time in processing quota sugar entry summaries; proven to be a tremendous benefit for both the Trade and CBP in ensuring fast and efficient release of merchandise," the agency said. Filers will have 30 days to begin sending the certificates in the Automated Broker Interface.
CBP made available a list of questions and answers from the agency's May 2 webinars describing early plans for potential continuing education requirements for customs brokers (see 13050222). The Q&A is (here).
Reusable collapsible wire containers used by Sumitomo Machinery of America are considered Instruments of International Traffic (IIT), CBP said in a May 6 ruling. Sumitomo sought CBP's opinion on whether the wire containers can be considered IITs and therefore exempted from entry filing requirements and duty payments and classified under subheading 9803.00.50 substantial containers or holders. The ruling, HQ H240539, said the carbon-steel containers meet the requirements for IIT designation.
CBP has posted the Spring 2013 issue of its Frontline magazine, CBP's quarterly magazine on border security.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 6, 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 issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of May 6. This report 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.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 6 with 97 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 177,134. The most recent ruling is dated 05/06/2013.
CBP made available two transcripts from the agency's May 2 webinars describing early plans for potential continuing education requirements for customs brokers (see 13050222). The transcript for the morning webinar is (here) and the afternoon transcript is (here).