CBP issued its Nov. 7 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 46), which contains 4 notices of the following ruling actions:
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 Nov. 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 http://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 posted documents on changes to the ACE ABI Customs and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR).
CBP updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the process toward achieving mutual recognition arrangements (MRA) and bilateral understandings between two customs administrations. Among new material included since the previous version, CBP notes "an MRA is expected to be signed with Taiwan in the Fall of 2012." The update also includes additional detail on the process for mutual recognition of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and foreign industry partner programs
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP updated its cargo diversion instructions to include "brokers as part of the group who will not receive penalties due to diverted cargo" related to Hurricane Sandy. said CBP in a CSMS message. Filers that will be temporarily conducting business in Norfolk, Baltimore, or Philadelphia, and that are not currently permitted in that port, may obtain a temporary local permit by contacting the Broker Management Officer at the port. The required fee will be waived, said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Nov. 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 http://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 Nov. 5. 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 posted a Nov. 5 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.