CBP Boston said its office will be closed Feb. 8 due to an approaching winter storm, it said in a public information notice. As a result, a snow day is granted in the port of Boston and Logan airport, "extending one additional day without penalty for filing of entries and payment of duties and fees" that were due Feb. 8, said CBP Boston. Regular operations are scheduled to resume Feb. 11.
CBP is extending the comment period to March 13 for an existing information collection on holders or containers which enter the U.S. duty free. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or to the information collected.
CBP is requesting comments by April 12 for an existing information collection for entry/immediate delivery applications and Simplified Entry. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or to the information collected.
CBP posted a timeline for planned capabilities for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Plans for 2013 include:
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 Feb. 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 pulled down its AD/CV enforcement statistics for FY 2012 that were recently posted on the agency's website. The statistics, previously found (here), are no longer available. CBP didn't respond to a request for comment about the removal. This was the first year CBP tracked such statistics and it will continue to do so in the future, a CBP spokeswoman said when the statistics were initially released.
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 Feb. 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.)
CBP posted a Feb. 4 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.