CBP is extending the comment period to Aug. 20 on an existing information collection for applications for withdrawal of bonded stores for fishing vessels and certificates of use. CBP proposes (here) to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or information collected.
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 2 percent for corporations and 3 percent for non-corporations, and the rate of underpayments will be 3 percent for corporations and non-corporations. These interest rates are subject to change for the calendar quarter beginning Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 31, said CBP.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
CBP released the July 15 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 49, No. 28), which contains the following ruling actions (here):
The CBP User Fee Advisory Committee (UFAC) made a wide range of recommendations at its most recent meeting, including the elimination of cash fee collections at the border. CBP posted a list of the recommendations from Process Improvements Subcommittee (here) and Financial Assessment and Options Subcommittee (here). The committee also recommended requiring all trucks to use eManifest, because the use of paper manifest means "requiring extensive extra time of Officers in primary inspection to process them while causing delay time of trucks behind them in line," it said.
CBP will no longer process cargo releases at the Seattle Port Office as of Aug. 1, it said in a Trade Information Notice. The change is meant "to better align resources and prepare for the transition of Seattle Entry Branch staffing to the Centers of Excellence and Expertise," said CBP. "Please direct any persons and/or paperwork required for cargo release to the individual Ports within the Seattle Area Port." Any general cargo release questions should also go to the specific port involved, it said. The notice lists the documents that will be processed at the trade offices. Also as of Aug. 1, several types of post cargo release entry documents, including CBP 7501 package submissions and warehouse withdrawals, must to to the Seattle Entry Branch rather than Tacoma Trade Office, it said.