CBP said the 2012 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Conference originally scheduled for Sept 24-26 will be postponed and the conference won't be held in September "due to scheduling and logistics challenges." CBP said it's working to "revise the planning in order to bring you the conference material at a later date." CBP said Aug. 7 it was postponing the East Coast Trade Symposium.
CBP posted an Aug. 6 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 issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Aug. 6. 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 is requesting comments by Oct. 9 for an existing information collection on petroleum refineries in foreign trade sub-zones. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. The notice ran in the Federal Register Aug. 8.
CBP is requesting comments by Oct. 9 for an existing information collection concerning CBP protest forms. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. The notice ran in the Federal Register Aug. 8.
CBP posted a new ocean conveyance user guide in preparation for the Sept. 29 cutoff of ACS/AMS, after which the Automated Commercial Environment will be the only electronic interface available for filing advance manifest information, said CBP in a CSMS message (here). The user guide contains step-by-step instructions for creating, viewing and maintaining ocean conveyance records in ACE and ocean carriers should familiarize themselves with the process, said the CBP. After September 29, 2012 ocean carriers should be using the ACE Portal functionality to add all new conveyance records and to edit any that are under their ACE account. CBP said for now, carriers should continue to send their Lloyds email requests to ams.sea.lloyds@dhs.gov when it is known that the vessel is not on file with CBP or if any of the following information changes: Name, Owner, Flag or Registry, Draft and Tonnage (Gross/Net).
CBP moved the East Coast Trade Symposium from Sept. 27-28 to Oct. 29-30 to maximize participation, it said. Registration for the conference is expected to open during the week of August 13. There will be a limit of three representatives per company to enable a wide variety of companies to participate, said CBP.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website as of Aug. 3, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on 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 said it updated information on a frequently asked question on the basics for duty rates.