A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 2, 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 released the agenda for the May meeting with the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (COAC) in Washington, D.C. CBP also said the meeting will be available online and registration is available (here).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 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 issued a notice of final determination of the country of origin of Generation II military Energizer flashlights, in a Federal Register notice scheduled for May 3 (parties of interest can seek judicial review by June 3):
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
In the April 24 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 18), CBP published a notice that proposes to modify rulings and similar treatment regarding the country of origin marking rules for apomorphine hydrochloride ampoules.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 29, 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’s delay in funding future border surveillance technology and the agency’s clarification of unobligated user fee account balances helped the Department of Homeland Security’s progress to streamline programs, reduce waste and cut costs, but much more work remains to be done, according to a Government Accountability Office report released April 26. Since 2011, GAO has recommended 42 steps DHS should take to eliminate fragmentation, overlap and high costs. The April 26 report said that five of those steps have been addressed, 24 have been “partially addressed,” meaning at least one action needed in that area showed some progress, but not all actions were addressed. Thirteen of the steps have not been addressed at all.
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of April 29. 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.
CBP posted a April 29 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.