A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 16, 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’s Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations is asking all entities involved in the export process to complete the 2013 Export Survey, it announced in April 17 AES Broadcast 2013028. The survey will capture feedback regarding current export operations and the root cause of impacts to customers or supply chain. Information gathered will be anonymous, and results will be shared in future COAC meetings. Survey responses are due April 19.
CBP is requesting comments by June 17 on an existing information collection on the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) regulations. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with a change to the burden hours.
CBP released its April 17 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 17). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent general notices and Court of International Trade decisions.
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 April 15, 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 April 15. 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.
Airlines for America is leading a charge against an Obama administration proposal to establish a CBP preclearance facility in Abu Dhabi. Opponents of a preclearance facility say CBP should focus its resources in the U.S. where Americans and visitors often have to wait hours to clear customs. The campaign's website is (here). The Airline Pilots Association, which is part of the campaign, recently voiced similar complaints (see 13040521).
CBP posted a April 15 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.
CBP posted a number of updated documents giving basic descriptions and contact information for the Centers of Excellence and Expertise (CEEs). The new or updated items are: