The Treasury Department published its fall 2016 regulatory agenda for CBP (here), which mentions new rulemakings that implement part of the customs reauthorization. The agenda includes first mentions of an increase to the de minimis value (here) and antidumping and countervailing duty evasion investigation procedures (here). While interim final rules on both were issued earlier this year, CBP sought public comments on each, so further changes may be included when the regulations are finalized. CBP is aiming to finish the AD/CV duty evasion rulemaking (see 1608190014) by March, and the de minimis rulemaking (see 1608250029) by April, it said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will hold its ACE status conference calls on a weekly basis, rather than daily, as a result of fewer incoming questions, the agency said in a CSMS message (here). As of Nov. 22, the calls will start at 2 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesdays, it said. CBP may make future changes to the frequency of the calls, as needed, it said. Email AskACE@cbp.dhs.gov to request information about the calls.
MIAMI – CBP’s ACE priorities will include implementation of existing legislation and urgent fixes to the truck environment after it completes ACE “core” in January and moves into a more difficult “operations and maintenance” funding environment, said Josephine Baiamante of CBP’s ACE Business Office at the Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Conference of the Americas on Nov. 14. The agency will also look at ways to work with other Department of Homeland Security agencies through ACE, before turning to a list of other capabilities the trade community has requested.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Foreign-Trade Zone operators could face problems as a result of CBP's proposed regulatory changes to allow for an electronic alternative to the Notice of Arrival that's required for some imports of pesticides and devices regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (see 1609290029), the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones said in comments to CBP (here). The problem is that FTZ entries are usually either Type 06 individual (or regular) or Type 06 weekly estimated entry types, it said. "It appears EPA may intend to require [Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)] NOA information at the time of cargo release in ACE – i.e., on entry," the NAFTZ said. "This point of transmission is too late in the importation process for FTZ filers."
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MIAMI -- The Food and Drug Administration hopes to publish its final rule on ACE filing requirements by the end of November, said John Verbeten of FDA’s Division of Import Operations at the Florida Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Conference of the Americas on Nov. 14. The final rule, which follows a controversial proposal issued in June (see 1606300020), will be followed “sooner rather than later” by changes to FDA’s ACE Supplemental Guide to implement the new regulatory provisions, he said.
PROVIDENCE -- The addition of more Partner Government Agencies (PGAs) to ACE in coming months is likely to drive a difficult expansion in the data collected by the government, said Amy Magnus, director of customs affairs and compliance at A.N. Deringer, while speaking at the Northeast Cargo Symposium on Nov. 10. Despite significant progress in ACE in 2016, the new PGAs are bound to be a source of anxiety as 2017 approaches, she said. The "most chilling" agencies to be added are Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service "Core" and the Fish and Wildlife Service, she said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: