CBP is requesting comments by Nov. 20 for an existing information collection concerning CBP protest forms. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. The notice ran in the Federal Register Sept. 21.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 18, 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 received no comments on proposed ruling revocations and modification in the Aug. 15 bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 34), said a CBP spokesman. Comments were due Sept. 14 on the two notices proposing to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of work footwear and reimported tires and cameras under harmonized tariff schedule subheading 9801.00.25 .
CBP won't be giving any extensions to the Sept. 29 deadline for the required transition to ACE M1 for transmitting advance rail and sea cargo information, it said in a message reminding the trade of the coming change. As of Oct. 1, ACS/AMS EDI Ocean Manifest functionality will be transitioned to ACE as part of the ACE M1 Ocean and Rail Deployment. When this transition takes place, Ocean Manifest users will no longer be able to transmit or receive data via ACS/AMS. Programming changes to comply with the modified record formats must be made in order to continue filing manifests electronically. Any transactions not conforming to the ACE message formats will be rejected.
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 Sept. 17, 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 fixed a problem with the ACE portal that was affecting user sign-on and the portal is now available, it said by CSMS message.
CBP posted a Sept. 17 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.
The U.S. government is extending import restrictions for five years on certain archaeological material from Mali, which are set to expire Sept. 19, said CBP in a Federal Register notice Sept. 19. The notice said the State Department has determined that conditions continue to warrant the imposition of import restrictions and CBP's regulations will be amended to reflect the extension. A notice on the proposed extension ran in the Federal Register March 12. A list of the restricted goods is (here).
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Sept. 17. 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.