CBP posted an updated table listing the key process improvements envisioned for the end-state ACE Cargo Release Inventory. The list includes single window for imports, continued flow of trade during emergencies, automated updates to previously filed import data, enhanced tracking of non-compliant cargo to government custody, expedited entry process for trusted traders, enhanced entry processing for CBP officers, and automated filing and sufficiency checks for customs bonds.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 1, 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 officers seized alleged marijuana valued at more than $2.7 million at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge's import lot June 29, CBP said. The marijuana was found in a Freightliner tractor and utility trailer at the cargo facility, containing 350 packages commingled within the close to 1,000 boxes of Serrano peppers. The packages had a total weight of 2,732.6 pounds of alleged marijuana, with an estimated street value of about $2,732,600. CBP officers seized the narcotics and the tractor-trailer.
CBP noted that the FDA has end-dated some Affirmation of Compliance (AofC) codes, so they're no longer available for use. Use of the following codes will result in a reject, CBP said in a CSMS message:
CBP said its Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1303 was created July 1, containing 1,303 ABI records and 190 harmonized tariff records. The update contains modifications made as a result of the June 27 Presidential Proclamation 8997, To Modify Duty-Free Treatment to the Generalized System of Preferences and for Other Purposes (see 13070202). It said changes also include those mandated by the 484 F Committee, Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules, effective July 1. Adjustments required by the verification of the 2013 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.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 28, 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 World Customs Organization adopted two new packages, a Compliance and Enforcement Package and the Organizational Development Package, during the meeting of 179 heads of customs administrations that ended in Brussels June 29. The compliance package complements a previously-adopted package covering revenue, and the development package on economic competitiveness, officials said. During the meeting, Algirdas Šemeta, EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, said efficient and effective customs remain important for economic growth and competitiveness, and cited the need to improve the quality and availability of data for risk analysis purposes through closer engagement with economic operators, and to continue working on potential standards for automatic exchanges of information. Also during the meeting, Josephine Feehily was re-elected Chair of the Council, and Kunio Mikuriya, the incumbent Secretary General of the WCO, was approved for another five-year term.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 27, 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 posted a June 25 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's New York Field Office will hold an informational seminar on HTS chapter heading 4202 on July 30 at 10:30 a.m, it said in an informational pipeline. The event will be held at JFK Airport and will include a presentation by the National Commodity Specialist Division, the notice said.