U.S. Customs and Border Protection will extend to the comment period on an existing information gathering regarding Cargo Container and Road Vehicle Certification for Transport under Customs Seal, said a notice in the Federal Register June 15. Comments will be due July 16. CBP proposes the extension of time without change to the burden hours.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was last updated 6/13/2012 with 22 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 171,555. The most recent ruling is dated 6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's web site as of June 13, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on 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's Office of Information and Technology has posted an updated list of companies/persons offering ABI data processing services to the trade community.
This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s June 11 “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly June 11, 2012 “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”1
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking comments by Aug, 14 on an existing information collection on user fees. CBP is proposing to extend this information collection with a change to the burden hours or information collected.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a list of changes to ANSI X12 and UN EDIFACT. Changes include:
The World Customs Organization and the Demos Group scheduled the second WCO Knowledge Academy for Customs and Trade for July 2-13 at WCO Headquarters in Brussels. The Academy is to provide intense training for Customs officials and trade practitioners, they said. Participants will take "master classes" on topics such as the Harmonized System 2012, the WCO Data Model, Authorized Economic Operators (AEOs) and the WCO SAFE Framework of Standards. Officials from the public sector will be able to familiarize themselves with the most recent information and developments on Risk Management and the WCO Revenue Package.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's Office released an audit report recommending improved security verification procedures for truckers approved within the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. CBP said it concurred with the report and is working on the issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released its June 13 Customs Bulletin. While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does list recent general notices and Court of International Trade decisions.