Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 22. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
CBP issued its Feb. 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 10), which contains notices of the following ruling actions:
CBP recently informed members of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (COAC) of makeup of the group. The COAC has its first meeting of the term, which lasts from 2013 to 2015, on March 6. The 13th term COAC members are:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Feb. 26, 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 surveying importers, brokers, carriers about use of the Automated Commercial Environment, the agency said in a CSMS message. The survey will help CBP formally gauge the areas where ACE is doing well and where improvement is needed, the agency said. The survey is (here).
CBP is amending its regulations expanding and revising the geographical limits of the port of Green Bay, Wis., said CBP in a Feb. 28 notice on the final rule. The amended regulations change the port boundaries to refer to identifiable roadways and waterways rather than townships and to include the entire Austin Straubel Airport. CBP said it didn't receive any comments on the proposed changes. The final rule will be effective April 30.
CBP posted an updated version of its notice announcing that the next customs broker license exam will be on Wednesday, April 3. The notice provides details about the materials being tested.
CBP posted a Feb. 25 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 issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Feb. 25. 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.
CBP is seeking feedback from users of the Centers of Excellence and Expertise (CEEs) and posted a link to a survey on the agency's website.