A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 6, 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 issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of May 6. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 6 with 97 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 177,134. The most recent ruling is dated 05/06/2013.
CBP made available two transcripts from the agency's May 2 webinars describing early plans for potential continuing education requirements for customs brokers (see 13050222). The transcript for the morning webinar is (here) and the afternoon transcript is (here).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 3, 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 is seeking comments for the proposed extension of its existing Passenger List/Crew List (CBP Form I-418) information collection, which it plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours. Comments are due July 8.
ICE gave back an illegally smuggled dinosaur skeleton to the Government of Mongolia, it said in a press release. The Tyrannosaurus Bataar was seized by ICE Homeland Security Investigations after it sold at auction for $1.05 million, the agency said. The almost complete skeleton was illegally taken and smuggled out of Mongolia between 2005 and 2012, said ICE.
CBP is seeking comments by July 8, on the extension of an existing information collection, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Certificate of Origin. There are no changes to the information collected.
CBP offered advice to members of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program on how to handle reports of suspicious activities, anomalies, and security breaches. C-TPAT members should report such issues prior to CBP discovery to avoid possible suspension, it said. "Reporting a breach would result in an immediate joint review of the totality of circumstances," it said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues: