CBP is requesting comments by Feb. 25 for an existing information collection for free entry of unaccompanied articles. 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 planning to conduct the next Trade Support Network Plenary Session on Feb. 26-28, it said in a CSMS message. Those interested shouldn't make travel arrangements until it issues a later message to confirm these dates, it said. More agenda information will be provided then, said CBP.
CBP Los Angeles/Long Beach is updating its port procedures for the disposition of merchandise refused by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it said in a public bulletin dated Dec. 21. The bulletin also notified the public that the Federal Destruction and Redelivery Team (Team FDR) will process documentation on FDA refused merchandise, it said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Dec. 20, 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 http://1.usa.gov/VxGCVA. (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 importation advisory saying mandarin or “Christmas” oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, and pomelos are banned from non-commercial import into the U.S. “Typically we see an influx of “Christmas Oranges” around the holiday season, and when Canadian citizens travel to southern states for the winter,” said Great Falls Area Port Director Daniel Escobedo in a press release.
CBP Miami scheduled two seminars on the Valentine's Day cut flower peak season plan for 2013, it said in an information bulletin. The seminars are to be Jan. 10 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the CBP Cargo Clearance Center conference room 264 6601 N.W. 25th St. Miami, Florida.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Dec. 20 with 375 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 175,239. The most recent ruling is dated 12/19/2012.
CBP will continue to accept applications to its Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot program though Jan. 8, said a Federal Register notice. The agency received a number of requests for extensions for submitting applications and experienced technical difficulties with the email box set up for the ACAS pilot. it said. Any applicants who have not received a response from CBP will need to resubmit their applications, the notice said. The original deadline for applicants was Nov. 23.
CBP released its Dec. 19 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 52). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Dec. 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 http://1.usa.gov/VxGCVA. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)