CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
ORLANDO -- Functionality for ACE Partner Government Agency (PGA) foreign-trade zone admissions needs several improvements, and federal agencies are adopting alternatives as ACE still can’t accept several PGA datasets, government officials said during the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones annual conference on Oct. 17. Jim Swanson, director of cargo security and controls in CBP’s Office of Field Operations, expressed disappointment in the fact that filers are often providing two to three sets of paperwork to different PGAs for what should be one filing and said that CBP and other agencies are working to ensure that the customs message set aligns with PGA frameworks. “Several PGAs indicated that they were at least interested in having a discussion about getting that PGA line level information when it’s submitted in a [electronic CBP Form] 214,” CBP’s foreign-trade zone admission document. “We think that’s a final solution.”
ORLANDO -- The National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones is pushing for a legislative initiative to better balance FTZ and non-FTZ tariffs, NAFTZ executives said Oct. 17 during the group’s annual conference. The legislation, referred to as “Trade Equality for American Manufacturing” (TEAM), would aim to align tariff rates on FTZ imports from countries that have signed a trade deal with the U.S. with non-FTZ import tariff rates for goods from those nations, which are most often lower than FTZ products that meet the same preferential rules of origin, NAFTZ President Erik Autor said. The bill has yet to be introduced, and the trade group hasn't engaged lawmakers.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
SAN DIEGO -- CBP is in "almost daily contact" with Hanjin Shipping as the insolvent company devises a path for moving cargo to its intended destinations, CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske said at the Western Cargo Conference on Oct. 14. The agency is working to understand the "difficult issues," such as cargo sitting offshore and the storage or movement of cargo at the ports (see 1609300047), he said. "We have made sure that on the West Coast, all of our port directors" know what's going on, he said. The agency is also "well aware" of the problems the situation is causing, he said. Much about Hanjin's future, including a possible sale, remains unclear, the Wall Street Journal reported (here).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will update the ACE AESDirect application on Oct. 18, it said in a CSMS message (here). Among the updates are changes to viewing in the Shipment Manager and the ability to enter required Partner Government Agency data through the commodity line, it said. CBP and the U.S. Census Bureau also created a document highlighting numerous changes (here).
CBP is proposing to revise its regulations to allow for official liquidation notices to be posted electronically to the agency's website, CBP said in a notice (here). The proposed rule changes would mean that notices of liquidations, liquidation suspensions and liquidation extensions are no longer posted at ports, CBP said. The changes were largely expected, though as an interim final rule rather than a proposed rule, ahead of the transition date for liquidation in ACE (see 1608170055). The agency recently delayed the mandatory use of post-release processing, including liquidation, in ACE to January (see 1609280072).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: