CBP released a new informed compliance publication on March 21 on determining the customs value of fresh produce. The new ICP “provides guidance on the valuation of fresh produce imported into the United States and references valuation decisions” in the form of rulings issued by the Valuation and Special Programs Branch of CBP’s Office of Regulations & Rulings.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website March 17, 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 expects to deploy its Silicon Valley Innovation Program project on the use of blockchain for pipeline oil and gas in late 2024, the agency said in a document posted ahead of the March 29 meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. The new capability, which is being developed by CBP’s Petroleum, Natural Gas and Minerals Center of Excellence and Expertise and trade modernization office alongside the DHS Silicon Valley Initiative, will use “distributed ledger-based software to qualify pipeline-borne crude oil and natural gas” for USMCA treatment, the document said. “If deployed as expected in late 2024, this will likely be the first active component of ACE 2.0,” CBP said.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website March 16, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website March 15, 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 sent out a reminder that the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Region Alert will go live in ACE on March 18. “As a reminder, Chinese postal codes must be six-digits in length, otherwise, filers will receive a fatal reject when an entry is filed or when a new Manufacturer’s Identification Number (MID) is created or an existing MID is updated,” it said in a March 16 CSMS message. A post-deployment call is scheduled for March 21 at 3 p.m.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website March 14, 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 identified 481 shipments valued at more than $109 million for further examination based on the suspected use of forced labor in February 2023, including goods subject to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and withhold release orders, the agency said in its most recent operational update. That's higher by both number and value than January's total of 282 shipments worth more than $69 million (see 2302100070). CBP also seized 1,590 shipments that contained counterfeit goods valued at more than $182.4 million in February, and completed 22 audits that identified $6.5 million in duties and fees owed to the U.S. government for goods that had been improperly declared, the agency said.