CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Jan. 22. 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 Jan. 21. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
CBP issued a final rule making technical corrections and clarifying how the agency collects user fees for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service from commercial trucks. The Jan. 24 Federal Register notice clarifies that transponders have replaced decals for commercial truck user fees and notes that the online system for obtaining transponders and decals was renamed the Decal and Transponder Online Procurement System. CBP also said the decal system, part of which was run by a private bank under contract, is now run completely by the agency.
CBP posted links to several power point presentations made during the C-TPAT conference in Washington Jan. 8-10. While some of the links weren't working as of press time, the presentations posted were:
CBP released its Jan. 23 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 5). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent general notices and Court of International Trade decisions.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Jan. 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 posted a record of changes for December to the ACE ABI CATAIR (Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements). The changes were to Appendix T (Common In-Bond Errors). The change log is (here). The full CATAIR is (here). The Appendix T is (here).
CBP posted an updated summary of changes for the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR). Most recently, the following changes to Appendix A for Commodity Response Filing Messages and Appendix D Export Port Codes have been posted:
CBP added a new section under its Congressional Resources site to provide information for the 113th Congress. The new section, titled "113th Congress Toolkit," provides links to the biographies of CBP's leadership, various fact sheets and frequently asked questions for constituent guidance.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Jan. 21 with 57 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 175,605. The most recent ruling is dated 01/11/2013.