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The Port of New York/New Jersey quarterly public broker meeting at 10 a.m. Dec. 4 will include the following agenda items, according to Port Director Adele Fasano: Newark CBPO Enforcement; ISF Enforcement; CES Update; ACE Update; Duplicate entry procedures. The meeting will be in Rm. 401, 100 Raymond Blvd., Newark, N.J. Further information: Linda Birck, 973-368-6107.
CBP issued a final rule amending its regulations to update the list of supervisors authorized to allow their employees to testify in state or local criminal proceedings, it said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for Nov. 27. It said the changes are necessary to more accurately reflect the current CBP organizational structure. Further information: Howard Charles, 202-344-2759 or howard.charles@dhs.gov.
The American Bar Association's Customs Law Committee is considering creating a special, as-yet-unnamed subcommittee to collect, analyze, and present various issues to CBP, said Customs Law Committee Vice Chair Peter Quinter of GrayRobinson.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 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 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.)
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America scheduled a webinar on the status of eBond. The webinar is scheduled for 2 p.m. Dec. 12.
The U.S. now has Customs Mutual Assistance Agreements with 67 countries plus Taiwan, CBP said. Under the agreements, domestic and foreign courts recognize each agreement as a legal basis for wide ranging cooperation. They also allow for the exchange of information, intelligence, and documents that will ultimately assist countries in the prevention and investigation of customs offenses, it said. The complete list is (here).
CBP is inviting comments on the paperwork burden of extending its requirement for a Commercial Invoice form: OMB No. 1651-0090, it said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for Nov. 26.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 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 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.)
The U.S. and Morocco signed a bilateral Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) that includes information sharing and cooperation between the two customs administrations, DHS said. The agreement was signed Nov. 21 by Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Rand Beers and Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance Mohamed Boussaid. The agreement will permit the U.S. and Morocco to exchange information and engage in a range of other forms of mutual assistance to collect revenue and protect their countries, including combating terrorism, DHS said.