The CBP San Francisco field office tentatively selected applicants to operate Centralized Examination Stations (CES), it said in an information notice. The selections are Bobac CFS of Alameda, Calif., and North America 3 PL LLC. of Oakland Calif.

CBP updated its new "Broker Employee Data Upload Quick Reference Guide" to include additional information about the use of the template for the broker employee data upload, said CBP in a CSMS message. The updated guide is (here).

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 Sept. 6, 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.)

CBP’s Pharmaceutical, Health and Chemicals Center of Excellence and Expertise met with industry partners from government and private sector in August to discuss issues facing pharmaceutical, health and chemical industries such as disruptions to supply chains, CBP said. According to a news release, the CEEs “process participating importers within 10 CEE industries by account” and allow CBP to quickly adapt to industry changes. CBP said that CEE staff uses “industry knowledge to resolve holds and mitigate requests for information or CF-28s—oftentimes before the accounts know it themselves.” CEE Director Leon Hayward said these efforts reduce costs for the trade community and that the CEEs were “designed as the centerpiece of CBP’s 21st Century trade modernization efforts.” Other industry speakers called the CEEs “the nexus for engaging with the government on all questions for their imports.”

CBP is extending the comment period to Oct. 10 on an existing information collection used to request distribution of Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act funds. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with a change to the burden hours.

Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 4. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Sept. 4, 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.)

CBP agents seized over nine tons of marijuana from a tractor-trailer at the San Clement checkpoint on Sept. 3, CBP said. Upon further inspection, CBP found the truck to be fully packed with 218 marijuana-filled boxes, with a total weight of about 18,458 pounds and an estimated street value of $14,766,448. The driver, a 43-year-old male U.S. citizen, was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration, along with the vehicle and marijuana.

CBP is amending its regulations expanding and revising the geographical limits of the port of Indianapolis, Ind., said CBP in a notice on the final rule. The extension involves four municipalities within Marion County, as well as portions of the neighboring counties of Boone, Hendricks, and Johnson. CBP said the proposed change would not result in a change in the service provided to the public by the port nor a change in the staffing or workload at the port.. The final rule will be effective Oct. 7. The agency sought comment on the proposed changes last year (see 12042413).