The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 11 (here) with 11 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated 08/10/16.
CBP said it created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1611 on Aug. 11, containing 2,707 ABI records and 743 harmonized tariff records (here). Modifications include changes to the steel LPC code. This indicator has been re-added to all associated harmonized tariff records, CBP said. Adjustments required by the verification of the 2016 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) are included as well. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov
CBP on Aug. 13 will begin enforcing National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tariff schedule flags on weekly type 06 foreign trade zone entry summaries, it said in a CSMS message (here). “On that date, additional system validations will be in place to reject any ACE weekly Type 06 entry summary filings that do NOT include the NHTSA PGA Message Set data," CBP said.
The addition of reconciliation to ACE on Oct. 1 will allow filers to submit line-by-line changes to CBP electronically, rather than a hard copy spreadsheet, Lena Torrence of CBP’s Commercial Operations, Revenue and Entry division said during a recent webinar. The legacy Automated Commercial System currently only allows filers to submit the reconciliation header and association file, but as of Oct. 1 filers will also submit electronically all line-item changes to classification, special classification under tariff heading 9802, value and free-trade agreement eligibility, she said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 10, 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:
CBP published the quarterly Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties (here). For the quarter which began July 1 and ends Sept. 30, the interest rates for overpayments will be 3 percent for corporations and 4 percent for non-corporations, and the rate of underpayments will be 4 percent for corporations and non-corporations. These interest rates are subject to change for the calendar quarter beginning Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 31, CBP said.
CBP released its Aug. 10 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 32) (here). While it does not contain any rulings, it does include recent CBP notices and Court of International Trade opinions.
CBP will launch a pilot to test electronic filing of protests in ACE, as part of a deployment of ACE protest capabilities set to begin Aug. 27. During the test, pilot participants will submit their electronic protests, checking a box to certify the protest filer has been given power of attorney, and will also be able to submit “additional arguments and supporting information electronically, with their electronic protest in ACE," CBP said in a notice (here). To be considered timely, protests must be filed by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on the filing deadline day, it said. Amendments to protests and requests for further review may be filed electronically, though requests for accelerated disposition will still require a paper submission, CBP said. Any party who wishes to participate in the ACE protest pilot, which will begin Aug. 29, may do so as long as it has an ACE Portal Protest Filer Account. CBP has said it plans to deploy protest capabilities in ACE and decommission the Automated Commercial System for protests on Aug. 27 (see 1608080015). The agency added protest accounts to the ACE Portal in a notice issued in early August (see 1608050027).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 9, 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.