Port industry executives said there is growing optimism for cargo’s upcoming “peak season,” at the Port of Long Beach “Pulse of the Ports” meeting March 28. The executives told the 400 attendees that international cargo shippers expect a busier year in 2012 than in 2011. “Importers are optimistic and they believe sales will increase this year,” said Daniel Wall, senior vice president of logistics firm Expeditors.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the April 2012 Change Log for the Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR) and 309 Customs Manifest.
Port Logistics Group and Coastal Logistics Group announced a partnership that they said would extend their geographic reach and service offerings. The partnership will allow the two companies to offer complete logistics solutions at all major U.S. import and export gateways, they said. Port Logistics and its partners operate more than four million square feet of warehouse space in and around the ports of New York/New Jersey, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and Seattle. Coastal Logistics operates in the Southeast gateway through locations in Savannah, Ga., Norfolk, Va., and Memphis, Tenn.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was last updated March 26, 2012 8:11:46 PM with 201 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 171152. The most recent ruling is dated March 26, 2012 12:00:00 AM.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of March 28, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
The September 29, 2012, cutoff date for use of Automated Manifest System/Automated Commercial System (AMS/ACS) will affect non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs), terminal operators, port authorities and other entities that receive secondary party notifications in addition to master vessel operator common carriers (MVOCCs). As of Sept. 29, 2012, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) will be the only acceptable electronic data interchange (EDI).
This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s March 26, 2012 “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly March 26, 2012 “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”1
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) review on e-Manifest: Trucks. It provides information on how to store account information in the ACE, mandatory exemptions, submitting an e-Manifest, in-bond shipment information, etc.