Effective April 8, only CBP Form 3171 ("Application-Permit-Special Licenses-Unlading-Lading-Overtime Services") can be used for entrance and clearance processing at the Port of New York and Newark, according to a notice from Port Director Adele Fasano. Legacy forms will no longer be accepted, it said. Form 3171 is (here). Questions are referred to CBP Supervisory Officer Stephen Long at Stephen.Long@cbp.dhs.gov.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 5, 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 received no comments on proposed ruling revocations and modification in the Feb. 27 bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 10), said a CBP spokesman. Comments were due March 29 on the five notices proposing to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of several different products (see 13022730).
Electronic exchange of information, especially through a Single Window environment, as an enabler for international cooperation was one of the key issues raised at a meeting in Panama City last week organized by the World Customs Organization and the Inter-American Development Bank. The meeting included customs officials from more than 50 administrations in the Asia/Pacific region and the Americas/Caribbean region. Other topics included the WCO Time Release Study, cooperation on illicit trade via the WCO Customs Enforcement Network and the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office network, and trade facilitation, trade security, information exchange and capacity building, the WCO said.
CBP drawback offices began accepting amendments to existing 1313(j) waiver of prior notice (WPN) privileges April 5, as long as the claimant submits documentation to support the applicable drawback program related to the amendment, CBP said in a notice (here). CBP approves WPN privileges for either 1313(j)(1) (direct identification unused drawback) or (j)(2) (substitution unused drawback). It said the existing approval will be updated to include the additional 1313 (j) type and will apply to drawback claims that meet the statutory timeframes.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 4, 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.)
An Administration proposal to establish a U.S. CBP facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport would give a foreign airline a competitive edge over U.S. airlines and reallocate CBP resources at a time of across-the-board budget cuts and long delays for U.S. airlines' passengers, said the president of the Air Line Pilots Association, in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The plan "must be immediately dropped," said ALPA President Lee Moak.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 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.)