CBP said it successfully transferred all ocean carriers, rail carriers and Automated Broker Interface software developers to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) e-Manifest: Rail and Sea. ACE now operates as the only CBP-approved electronic data interchange through which rail and sea manifests may be transmitted to the agency. CBP said the transition was completed a full 24 hours prior to the Sept. 29 deadline.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 28, 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 issued a memo outlining the tariff preference level for certain apparel from Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) beneficiary countries (currently only Ecuador).
CBP announced the fiscal year 2013 tariff preference level quantities of certain knit and woven apparel articles that are eligible to receive duty-free treatment under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership for Encouragement Act of 2008 (Haiti HOPE II), as amended by the Haiti Economic Lift Program Act of 2010 (Haiti HELP)1.
CBP announced the fiscal year 2013 tariff preference level quantities of certain T-shirts and knit-to-shape (knit) apparel articles that are eligible to receive duty-free treatment if imported directly from any current or former Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) beneficiary country.
CBP is extending the comment period by 30 days, to Nov. 1, on an existing information collection concerning applications for CBP security IDs. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. A notice of the comment period extension ran in the Federal Register Oct. 2. The original request for comments ran in the Federal Register July 20.
CBP is extending the comment period by 30 days for an information collection requirement concerning the export of used self-propelled vehicles. The information collection proposal (OMB Number 1651-0054) would require those attempting to export a used self-propelled vehicle to furnish to CBP at the port of export documentation describing the vehicle, which includes the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) or, if the vehicle does not have a VIN, the product identification number. This requirement does not apply to vehicles that were entered into the United States under an in-bond procedure, a carnet or temporary import bond.
CBP is extending the comment period to Nov. 1 for an existing information collection concerning the Crew Member's Declaration. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. The comment period extension ran in the Federal Register Oct. 2. The first request for comments ran in the Federal Register July 11.
CBP is requesting comments by Dec. 3 for an existing information collection concerning deferral of duty on large yachts imported for sale. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with a change to the burden hours or to the information collected. The notice ran in the Federal Register Oct. 2.
CBP issued a reminder advising that any carriers who have their type 2 carrier bond obligated for ACE Truck generated in-bonds, to not use the new ACE “In-bond Authorization” function at this time.