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 Oct. 19-20, 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.
Advocacy groups expressed "outrage" over a recent proposal from trade participants in the 21st Century Customs Framework initiative to make ocean manifest data confidential, in an open letter to CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus dated Oct. 20.
CBP released its Oct. 19 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 41), which includes the following ruling actions:
In the Oct. 19 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 41), CBP published a proposal to modify one ruling on paper face masks.
CBP released a new “job aid” for customs brokers Oct. 20 on powers of attorney, as part of its broader effort to inform brokers of changes to the Part 111 regulations published two days prior (see 2210170027). The document includes a checklist of requirements for how brokers should execute a POA, and notes that the broker modernization final rule changed POA requirements by mandating that brokers execute POAs directly with an importer or drawback claimant, without going through a third party, such as a forwarder. The final rule also says compensation agreements between forwarders and brokers cannot forbid or prevent direct communication between an importer or claimant and the broker.
CBP posted to its Part 111 final rule webpage a list of customs brokers currently operating only on district permits who will be transitioned to national permits over the next two months. The agency said any brokers who aren’t on the list but think they should be included should reach out to “the Broker Management Officer at the port through which your license was issued and/or the Broker Management Branch.”
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 Oct. 18, 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 released on Oct. 18 its new handbook on customs broker rules and procedures. The “Customs Broker Guidance for the Trade Community is a “resource for brokers conducting customs business in compliance with CBP regulations,” including information on long-standing requirements for customs brokers as well as new requirements under the Part 111 final rule issued by CBP on Oct. 18 (see 2210170071).