Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 17. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
CBP released its July 24 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 31). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent general notices.
CBP will begin the second phase of its Document Imaging System (DIS) pilot by adding software providers as participants and involving more partner government agency forms, the agency said in a notice. CBP previously announced the plans to expand the pilot (see 13071014).
CBP's New York field office provided guidance on how it handles the discovery of non-compliant wood packaging material (WPM) in July 16 informational pipeline. CBP will require immediate export of the entire shipment after the agency fines non-compliant WPM, it said. The bond-holder at the time of the discovery will receive an Emergency Action Notification, requiring export of the WPM within 72 hours of the notification, said CBP. Failure may result in liquidated damages, said CBP. U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations require that WPM be marked with several indicators that show the WPM has been properly treated.
A final rule from CBP on Importer Security Filing (ISF) is expected to come in February, said the Department of Homeland Security in its Spring 2013 Unified Agenda. The agency said in its previous regulatory agenda that CBP was targeting this past February for the final rule (see 13010330). No other trade-related items were listed on the DHS agenda.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 18, 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.)
Effective July 15, CBP will have a reduced review requirement for Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) entry summaries, CBP said. CBP will no longer have a paper entry against which to match duty-free certificate, as required in the former process, according to a CBP memorandum. Receipt of a duty-free certificate should be returned with a note stating that the documentation should be maintained and provided upon request by CBP.
CBP's New York/Newark field office advised importers of the increased enforcement of Importer Security Filing (ISF) requirements in an information pipeline. The field office provided transaction codes that will be used to place non-compliant shipments on hold, preventing movement of the cargo in-bond via 1W (Within Port Transfers to a CFS) and 1J (In-bond Authorized Movements to In-land Ports). Unauthorized release or transfers before the appropriate release is posted will result in liquidated damage claims against the "responsible entity," the notice said. The agency began using liquidated damages to enforce ISF non-compliance on July 9 (see 13062613). Shipments designated for a CBP exam within the port that have a bill of lading with an ISF hold code should be transferred to the Centralized Examination Station (CES) and staged for an exam, the notice said. The shipment must be held at the CES until a release code is posted, "even if all exam holds are released," the agency said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 17, 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.)
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 17 with 152 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 178,192. The most recent ruling is dated 07/16/2013.