CBP posted an document on AD/CV duty enforcement, giving a broad look at CBP's ongoing efforts to improve enforcement and steps the trade can use to limit exposure. CBP provides some information on the Re-Engineering Dumping (RED) Team, which is reviewing the entire AD/CVD import process.
CBP invited members of the trade industry to attend a public meeting on the Cut Flower Pilot Project, a proposal developed by CBP, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Association of Floral Importers of Florida that will be conducted at Miami International Airport in 2013 in conjunction with the CBP Simplified Entry Pilot. The meeting will take place on Sept. 12 from 9:30-11 a.m. at Miami International Airport, Cargo Area 2261 NW 66th Avenue Building 702 - Suite 205 Miami, Florida. Susan Dyszel of the CBP Office of International Trade and Doug Bailey of the USDA are scheduled to speak. Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the notice.
In the Sept. 5 issue of the CBP Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 37), CBP issued a notice detailing the dates and draft agenda for the 50th Session of the World Customs Organization's Harmonized System Committee, which will meet in Brussels on Sept. 19-28.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Sept. 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 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 its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Sept. 4. 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.
CBP posted an Sept. 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.
CBP New York will hold a "Role of the Broker" roundtable on Sept. 18 focusing on the rewrite of 19 CFR Part 111 broker regulations, it said in an informational pipeline. The event will take place from 1-3 p.m. at 1100 Raymond Boulevard, Newark, NJ, 07102. Elena Ryan, CBP Acting Director of Trade Facilitation and Administration will be presenting on topics, including continuing education, bona fides and broker permitting. Registration for the free event is (here). Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the notice.
CBP issued a CSMS message announcing the issuance of Harmonized System Update 1208 on changes to the 2012 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. This update contains 27,420 ABI records and 4,835 harmonized tariff records. The changes were made to adjust the Cotton Board’s supplemental assessment on imports. Adjustments required by the authentication of the 2012 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) are included. The modified records are currently available to all ABI participants and can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Contact Jennifer Keeling via email at Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov for all other questions.
CBP is correcting paragraph (b)(4) of 19 CFR Section 4.7, it said in a Federal Register notice Sept. 6.
In the Aug. 15 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 37), CBP published two notices of revocation of rulings and treatment regarding the tariff classification of Livewire flash devices and over current detectors.