U.S. Customs and Border Protection said, effective immediately, all drawback claims involving goods exported to Chile must be submitted separately from all other types of drawback claims. As a result of the U.S. -- Chilean Free Trade Agreement, drawback claims made on goods exported to Chile after January 1, 2012 are subject to special treatment as described in 19 U.S.C. 1313(j)(4)(B) and 1313(n). This includes a possible reduction in drawback refunds for certain claims. The paper submission of the claim should be marked “Chile FTA” in conspicuous letters on the top of the first page.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the ACS (EI) and ACE (AE) systems are now automated to accept Colombia TPA claims (here).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of May 14, 2012, 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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said May 14, 2012 goods of Argentina will lose Generalized System of Preference (GSP) eligibility if entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after May 28, 2012. President Obama issued Presidential Proclamation 8788 (FR 1889, March 29, 2012) suspending Argentina’s GSP eligibility because Argentina had not acted in good faith in enforcing two longstanding arbitral awards.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced certain Colombia FTA TRQs that take effect May 15, 2012. The TRQs apply to sugars, beef, dairy, ice cream and tobacco -- goods of Colombia under the terms of General Note 34 to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). QUOTA PERIOD: May 15, 2012 through December 31, 2012 RESTRAINT LEVEL:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of May 11, 2012, 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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection provided information on the reallocation of additional tariff-rate quota for raw sugar and reallocation of unused 2012 raw sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ). The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative provided notice of the country-by-country allocations for both categories, effective April 26, 2012.