Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 4 with 112 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 178,717. The most recent ruling is dated 08/28/2013.
CBP issued its Sept. 4 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 37), which contains nine notices of the following ruling actions:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Sept. 3. 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 posted a Sept. 2 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.
San Diego CBP officers seized almost 1,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of scrap corrugated cardboard on Aug. 29 at the Otay Mesa cargo facility, CBP said. Upon further examination of a 1999 Freightliner tractor pulling a trailer with the shipment, officers removed some of the cardboard from the top of a bundle and found packages of marijuana within the center. A total of 305 packages with a street value of about $430,000 were found in several bundles.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 29, 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.)
Customers will be required to change or update account and conveyance information via the online system in an effort to improve efficiency and reduce costs beginning on Nov. 1, CBP said in an Aug. 30 notice. CBP said that any update requests that can be made online will no longer be accepted by e-mail, fax or postal mail.
CBP received no comments on proposed ruling revocations in the July 31 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 32), said a CBP spokeswoman. Comments were due Aug. 30 on a notice proposing to modify a ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of marine propulsion systems (see 13080109).
CBP published on Aug. 29 its agenda for the quarterly broker meeting which will be held on Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. at 1100 Raymond Blvd. in Newark, N.J. Discussion topics will include ISF enforcement penalties, exam delays, ACE update and a GSP expiration update. Industry members may contact Linda Birck with any questions at 973-368-6107 or by e-mail at Linda.Birck@dhs.gov.