CBP is having trouble emailing export manifest filers because CBP's export manifest email address is being identified as spam, the agency said in a CSMS message. CBP said a trade partner recently turned on the ‘Out-Of-Office’ message for the address that submits export manifests to CBP, causing massive amount of emails to be bounced ‘back-and-forth’, likely resulting in the export_manifest@cbp.dhs.gov mailbox to be designated as a ‘spammer/invalid-sender’ on large email provider hosts on the internet.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 9 with 293 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 174,341. The most recent ruling is dated 10/02/2012.
CBP issued its Oct. 10 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 42), which contains 4 notices of the following ruling actions:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Oct. 10, 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://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 again set 3 percent as the interest rate for when a reconciliation results in additional money owed Customs, in a notice. The rate is for the fourth quarter, and is the same as it was for the third quarter (the second quarter rate was 2 percent).
CBP posted a fact sheet on deployed Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) capabilities as of October 2012. The following capabilities have been delivered in ACE in support of CBP, Participating Government Agencies (PGAs), and the trade community:
CBP is aware of an issue with the November Periodic Monthly Statement Due Date in Account Revenue Reports, it said in a CSMS message. The correct final Periodic Monthly Statement due date is Nov. 23, 2012. When running the Account Revenue reports users may see some entry summaries flagged with a due date of Nov. 21, 2012 and others with a due date of Nov. 23, 2012. The Nov. 21, 2012 date is incorrect and will be corrected as follows, it said:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Oct. 9, 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://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 list of questions and answers from its Sept. 20 webinar on the Role of the Broker. Participant names were removed to protect privacy, and questions were modified to remove typos, correct spelling and punctuation, and call out acronyms. The Q&A is (here). The full recording recording of the webinar is (here).
CBP posted an Oct. 9 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.