A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 13, 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 CBP's ADCVD Search page.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) ended its 100% truck inspections at midnight Oct. 13 for "certain ports of entry" on the southern border, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in an Oct. 16 email. The inspections affected the "Laredo-Colombia Solidarity Bridge, as well as the ports of Ysleta and Marcelino Serna, and the Bridge of the Americas." The inspections began Oct. 12 (see 2310120058). The inspections also included the Tornillo Port (see 2310130059).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 12, 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 CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2311 on Oct. 12, containing 12,260 ABI records and 2,452 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. This update includes 2023 Cotton Fee amendments, fixing an issue with an earlier HSU (see 2309290044), as well as updates to statistical reporting numbers that were amended since the last assessment adjustment in 2022, CBP said in a Oct. 13 CSMS message.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 11, 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 CBP's ADCVD Search page.
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule updates for fees on pecans and Christmas trees won't be active before ACE Collections goes live on Nov. 4, CBP said in a CSMS message. Once that happens, the HTS updates for pecan and Christmas tree fees will be "implemented and available" on Nov. 5. The updated fees apply to in-shell pecans, shelled pecans, Douglas fir Christmas trees, other fir Christmas trees, and other evergreen Christmas trees.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has begun truck inspections at its facility outside of the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity Bridge in Laredo, Texas, according to a CBP email released by the Laredo Licensed U.S. Customs Brokers Association. CBP said the inspections are expected to remain in place until further notice and delays are expected, according to the LLUSCBA.
In the Oct. 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 37), CBP published a proposal to modify a ruling letter concerning woven upholstery fabric.
CBP recently debuted a new online portal for filing mitigation petitions with its Office of Fines, Penalties & Forfeitures for relief from penalty notices, demands for liquidated damages and seizure notices. The portal allows importers or their lawyers or brokers to create new petitions and look up existing petitions. It also allows for the attachment of documents to support a petition, up to 25 MB per document or 50 MB total.