About 94.5 percent of C-TPAT members complied with C-TPAT security guidelines during 2012, somewhat below the 100 percent goal, according to the CBP's annual fiscal year 2012 performance report released by CBP. The results also were below the 95.1 percent in 2011. The report also said 100 percent of inbound high-risk cargo was screened and its entry was resolved prior to or during processing at the U.S. port of entry. It said 98 percent of requested cargo examinations were done at foreign ports of origin in cooperation with host nations under CSI, below the 100 percent goal, but better than the 96 percent in 2011. Other findings:

CBP posted revised Document Image System (DIS) Implementation Guidelines and Schema on its website (here). The posting includes four new documents added, with some minor updates:

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 8, 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 plans an April 16 webinar on "Manifesting and Entry of Residue Found in Instruments of International Traffic (IITs)." The one-hour webinar primarily targets companies that may be eligible to participate on the test. Speakers are to include Amy Hatfield, Branch Chief, Cargo Conveyance & Security, Office of Field Operations, Jeremy Baskin, Assistant to the Executive Director of Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, and James Swanson, Office of Field Operations ACE Liaison. The panelists will discuss the CBP National Customs Automation Program Test Concerning Manifesting and Entry of Residue Found in IITs. The webinar will conclude with a question and answer session. The webinar will be at 1 p.m., and repeated at 2:30 p.m. To join the meeting: (here).

Despite budget concerns, CBP made several new postings about hiring new Border Patrol agents. They included:

CBP issued notices of final determination of the country of origin of two products, in Federal Register notices scheduled for April 10 (Parties of interest can seek judicial review by May 10):

Effective April 8, only CBP Form 3171 ("Application-Permit-Special Licenses-Unlading-Lading-Overtime Services") can be used for entrance and clearance processing at the Port of New York and Newark, according to a notice from Port Director Adele Fasano. Legacy forms will no longer be accepted, it said. Form 3171 is (here). Questions are referred to CBP Supervisory Officer Stephen Long at Stephen.Long@cbp.dhs.gov.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 5, 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 received no comments on proposed ruling revocations and modification in the Feb. 27 bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 10), said a CBP spokesman. Comments were due March 29 on the five notices proposing to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of several different products (see 13022730).

Electronic exchange of information, especially through a Single Window environment, as an enabler for international cooperation was one of the key issues raised at a meeting in Panama City last week organized by the World Customs Organization and the Inter-American Development Bank. The meeting included customs officials from more than 50 administrations in the Asia/Pacific region and the Americas/Caribbean region. Other topics included the WCO Time Release Study, cooperation on illicit trade via the WCO Customs Enforcement Network and the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office network, and trade facilitation, trade security, information exchange and capacity building, the WCO said.