CBP's Port of Miami has issued an Information Bulletin announcing that it will hold an outreach seminar concerning safeguarding procedures of regulated agricultural commodities transiting the U.S. The seminar will be held on June 9, 2010. (Miami Bulletin #10-018, dated 05/13/10 available via email by sending a request to documents@brokerpower.com)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a final determination (HQ H082476) that the U.S. is the country of origin for certain Commodity-based Clustered Storage (ICS) Units1 for U.S. government procurement purposes.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its trade outreach webinar schedule, as follows:
At the May 11, 2010 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), COAC adopted the recommendations of its Importer Security Filing Subcommittee regarding finality of the ISF transaction; improvements to the ISF progress reports for Tier 2/3 C-TPAT members; and continuing ISF outreach in 2010. The recommendations have been submitted to CBP for its consideration.
An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)
CBP has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor TRQs and TPLs that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections those that are at least 85% filled and those that are closed. (List, updated 05/13/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)
CBP has posted an updated version of its Excel spreadsheet providing details on ACE programming issues. The spreadsheet includes the issue number, date opened, description, status, scheduled delivery date, and comments. (Spreadsheet, posted 05/12/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/programming_issues.ctt/programming_issues.xls)
CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that entries can now be filed via RLF at the following ports of entry: Piegan, MT (3316), Del Bonita, MT (3322), and Whitlash, MT (3321). To add these ports, filers should contact their client representative. (CSMS #10-000122, dated 05/14/10, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17905&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message which announces that effective immediately, Electronic Invoice Program/Remote Location Filing (EIP/RLF) entry filers are no longer required to indicate in the electronic invoice transmission that a textile country of origin declaration is on file and readily available to CBP upon request.
An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)