Upper-level CBP officials will be able to take management courses at The University of Maryland Smith School of Business as part of a $7.2 million, five-year agreement, said the business school in a press release. The deal allows for up to an enrollment of 120 agency managers per year, it said. “When the collection of import duties, enforcing U.S. trade laws, and regulating and facilitating international trade are added to the mix, the scope of responsibilities of Customs and Border Protection professionals is simply incredible,” said Joe Thomas, academic director for the CBP program. “These expansive missions in the face of constrained resources require adaptable and resilient leaders capable of creating and maintaining a true learning organization.” The program will include courses on "strategic thinking, leadership communication, and business management to prepare them for increased levels of responsibility in CBP," it said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 2, 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://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP posted a May 30 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 June 2. This report (here) 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's adoption of final interim regulations to reflect Treasury Department Decisions and legislation affecting eligibility for African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) preferential treatment, will make a number of changes to the agency's regulations. The updates will be effective June 26. Some of the more substantial changes include:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 30, 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://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 30 with 119 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 182,248. The most recent ruling is dated 05/28/14.
CBP is extending the comment period to July 3 for an existing information collection for notices of detention. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.