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 March 19, 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 posted an updated summary of changes for the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR). The changes reflect the recent deactivation of several New York area port codes (see 13031915).
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated March 18. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website March 18, 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 March 19. 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 March 18 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.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated March 8 with 132 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 176,412. The most recent ruling is dated 03/18/2013.
New York Port locations 4770, 4775, 4776, 4777, 4779, and 4755 are formally in inactive status, effective March 18, said CBP in a CSMS message. CBP won't allow for any CBP transactions, including export, import, reports, or other transaction types or activity to be performed using those following port codes, it said.
CBP posted a document to its website that provides side-by-side comparisons of 20 U.S. free trade agreements and preferential trade programs. This updated version adds information from the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (PATPA), which was implemented in October (see 12103121).