CBP posted a Jan. 6 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 the year-end tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report on Jan. 6. 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.
CBP released its Jan. 8 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 1). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions and general notices.
CBP said its Harmonized System Update 1401 was created Jan. 6, containing 1,411 ABI records and 236 harmonized tariff records. The update includes Participating Government Agency indicators "that are subject to the PGA message set that will apply to the PGA pilot participants," it said. "The PGA data for the update transactions are stored on the record identifier ‘VL’ (OUTPUT) records. The PGA data for the query transactions are stored on the record identifier ‘WL’ (OUTPUT) records." . Adjustments required by the verification of the 2014 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) are also included, CBP said in a CSMS message. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.
CBP was scheduled to deploy its second piece of Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) under its new "agile" development program on Jan. 4, it said in a fact sheet on its site. The implementation will allow for an expansion of the Simplified Entry pilot. CBP didn't comment.
In the Jan. 2 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 52), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of placemat and coaster sets and power distribution units.
CBP completed 2,111 total Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) validations, including 569 initial validations and 1,542 revalidations for 2013 as of Jan. 2, it said in an update on program statistics. Validations continue to be down compared to previous years. There has also been a total of 1,768 suspensions and 1,280 C-TPAT removals.
CBP reminded importers of a change to General Statistical (GSN) Note 3(c) within the 2014 Harmonized Tariff Schedule in a CSMS message. GSN 3(c) was updated in the 2014 HTS to indicate that goods imported under the Civil Aircraft Agreement, Pharmaceutical Agreement and Intermediate Chemicals for Dyes Agreement (SPI “C,” “K,” and “L,” respectively) that are the product of a country with which the U.S. has a free trade agreement (FTA) that provides the MPF exemption can be imported free of merchandise processing fee (MPF) using SPI C#, K#, and L#, even if the FTA’s more stringent origination rules and imported directly rules are not met, the agency said. This applies to all FTAs that provide the MPF exemption (NAFTA, Chile, Singapore, Australia, Israel, Bahrain, Oman, CAFTA, Peru, Korea, Colombia and Panama), it said. The International Trade Commission recently published the new HTS, with most changes taking effect Jan. 1 (see 14010221).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 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 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.)
In the Jan. 2 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 52), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of ballistic jacket plates and thermal transfer ribbons.