A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 3, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ghana Revenue Authority to "further enhance the exchange of customs information and expertise between the two countries," CBP said in a Nov. 2 press release (here). Kerlikowske also met with officials from Ghana and South Africa to discuss trade facilitation and border security, CBP said.
CBP released its Nov. 2 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 44) (here). While it does not contain any rulings, it does include recent CBP notices and Court of International Trade opinions.
The Office of Management and Budget is still reviewing an updated version of the Form 5106, a CBP spokeswoman said. The new data elements on the Form 5106, which are expected to include Social Security and passport numbers, will allow CBP to fulfill elements of Section 114 of the customs reauthorization law that requires a CBP database for importers of record (see 1605270007). The update to the form was originally proposed in 2014 (see 14100815), and OMB posted the record of comments and other information about the changes earlier this year (see 1607130026). OMB didn't immediately comment.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 2, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Exporters should negotiate contracts with freight forwarders that require them to contact the exporter and relay relevant CBP case information if CBP stops an outbound shipment, CBP Outbound Branch Chief, Export Controls Branch, Robert Rawls said Nov. 1 during the Bureau of Industry and Security Update 2016 Conference on Export Controls and Policy. Rawls was responding to a questioner who said CBP usually contacts her company’s export operator or freight forwarder if CBP ever halts their shipments. Exporters who received a license determination that indicates a shipment is not designated as “EAR99” or as “no license required” should put their shipments in a separate box so customs officers can easily locate products in question, CBP officer Anna Lopez said during the conference. The main issue that customs officers encounter with regard to stopped outbound shipments is that exporters don’t list contact information for any questions they might have, she said. Engaging with officers at ports can also help resolve any issues associated with a blocked shipment, she said.
While it’s not certain when the government will require Electronic Export Information filings to include partner government agency (PGA) datasets, the government will most likely issue the first regulations within the next six months to a year, “depending on the agency and what they do,” CBP Outbound Branch Chief, Export Controls Branch, Robert Rawls said Nov. 1 during the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Update 2016 Conference on Export Controls and Policy. After AES PGA filing requirements go into effect, filings will “trigger a hit” if a Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) code logged in the Automated Export System requires a permit, and an automated message will direct the filer to provide a permit number, BIS Office of Technology Evaluation Director Gerard Horner said during the conference, citing as an example Environmental Protection Agency requirements for lead acid battery exports.
CBP is working toward a proposed rulemaking "to amend its regulations by creating a new procedure that implements an inter-partes proceeding in respect of ruling requests submitted to CBP in connection with the administration of exclusion orders issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)," a CBP spokeswoman said. "The draft NPRM is undergoing internal formal review," she said. The “inter partes” procedures would allow for participation of both the importer and the rights holder during the exclusion order rulings process and would replace the ex parte process common to other types of rulings. Under current Part 177 regulations, administrative rulings on any subject -- whether classification, dutiability, valuation or whether a product is subject to an International Trade Commission exclusion order -- involve only the ruling requester. CBP previously said it hoped to publish a proposal in 2015 (see 1503020020). CBP declined to say when it expects publication.