CBP and the Food and Drug Administration will revive work within the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) through a new project aimed at improving data quality, CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske said during the May 22 COAC meeting. The group will aim to improve communication, so that "when restrictions are placed on certain commodities coming in that are impacted by FDA regulations, that we work and we look at how we can move more expeditiously," he said. Kerlikowske also said a Federal Register notice to initiate the Trusted Trader pilot program should come soon and is now on his desk for signature. The pilot would combine Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism with Importer Self-Assessment .

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 22, 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.

The Importer Security Filing (ISF) reports for the month of May 2014 are now available in the Automated Commercial Environment Portal, said CBP in a CSMS message. The reports were expected to be posted to the ACE Portal the week of May 16, CBP said previously (see 14051226).

CBP will adopt as final interim regulations, including a number of changes, that reflect Treasury Department Decisions and legislation affecting eligibility for African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) preferential treatment, the agency said in a notice. The final rules include a number of regulatory changes meant to "reflect and clarify the statutory standards for preferential tariff treatment under the AGOA," said CBP.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 21, 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 New York/New Jersey will hold a seminar on "Steel Identification, Classification and Trade Law" on July 16-17, it said in an information pipeline. The seminar, which will include presentations from technical, commercial and legal experts from the industry, is meant to "enhance the knowledge level of steel importations" for government officials and customs brokers, it said. Registration is required. The seminar will be at CBP at 11 Raymond Blvd., Newark, New Jersey.

CBP released its May 21 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 20). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions and general notices.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 20, 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 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.

CBP is requesting comments by July 21 for an existing information collection related to Reports of Diversion. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.