CBP is assessing its options for incorporating the "U.S. Virgin Islands into the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to expedite the importation process," the agency said in a press release (here). Stephen Hilsen, lead executive for the Single Window initiative at CBP, recently visited USVI "to gather information about the current cargo clearance process," in which all custom entries are made by Customs Business Service companies and/or importers in person, the agency said. "The current process lacks electronic communication from the filers to CBP, hence, a heavy paper environment is created in all USVI ports of entry," said CBP. Federal statutes require CBP to collect customs duties on behalf of the USVI, which operates under the Danish Public Law 64, a law that has been in effect since Denmark sold the islands to the U.S. in 1917, said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 29, 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.
In the Jan. 27 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 4) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for woven sheeting and mobile pumpers.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Jan. 29 (here) with 33 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated 01/28/16.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 28, 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:
In the Jan. 20 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, Nos. 2 and 3) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for hydraulic braking system parts.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 27, 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 outlined its recent enforcement work related to antidumping and countervailing duties in an AD/CVD Update for October (here). Through August, CBP assessed 17 penalties for AD/CVD violations, with a total value of $4.4 million on a wide range of commodities, it said. CBP highlighted a recent discovery from CBP’s Regulatory Audit, which found "a loss of revenue of $36 million during an audit of importers of tapered roller bearings from China," the agency said. "The company failed to declare and pay AD duties on imported taper roller bearings, resulting in $32.4 million in unpaid duties, along with finding significant classification errors resulting in an additional $3.6 million in penalties. CBP is seeking to collect the duties and penalty amount from the importer." CBP also pointed to a recent $84 million lawsuit against Univar over unpaid antidumping duties for saccharine. "Univar USA misrepresented to U.S. Customs and Border Protection that the country of origin was Taiwan and that the entries were ordinary consumption entries, as opposed to entries subject to antidumping duties," the Justice Department said in the lawsuit in the Court of International Trade.. "In fact, that the true country of origin for the merchandise was China and that the merchandise was subject to anti-dumping duties exceeding 329 percent." DOJ also filed a suit against LBS Marketing that seeks to recover $2.8 million in allegedly evaded antidumping duties on crawfish, said CBP.