CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of June 29. This report (here) includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.
CBP has partnered with the United Kingdom's National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) and Border Force to block illegal vehicles imports. CBP, NaVCIS and the United Kingdom Border Force signed a Letter of Intent to exchange law enforcement information to prevent illegal vehicle trafficking, CBP said (here). “With this agreement, CBP and our partners in the United Kingdom set the stage to expand joint trade enforcement efforts into Europe,” said Brenda Smith, assistant commissioner for CBP’s Office of International Trade.
CBP released the June 24 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 49, No. 25), which contains the following ruling actions (here):
A planned validation for Automated Commercial System cargo release entries that are subject to quota will not allow CBP to move up implementation of several quota-related entry types it recently delayed until Oct. 31, said a CBP spokeswoman. Instead, the validation, which was originally set for implementation on June 27 before CBP postponed deployment so it could focus on continuing air manifest issues (see 1506290018), will serve to “reject entries that are subject to Quota and filed with an incorrect entry type,” said the spokeswoman.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 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.
CBP officers intercepted a shipment of counterfeit toys, worth over $9,000, based on manufacturers' suggested retail prices, CBP said in a press release (here). The fake Legos arrived from China on June 18 in Tampa, Florida. While inspecting the shipment, CBP officers realized that "the merchandise was substantially indistinguishable from the federally registered LEGO copyrighted design," said CBP. The officers then "provided samples to CBP import specialists who recommended seizing the counterfeit sets," the agency said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 25, 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:
As part of the June 27 Automated Commercial Environment deployment, CBP will add a new account type within the ACE Secure Data Portal, the agency said (here). CBP will also add "a new system validation will automatically reject ACE Cargo Release entries that are subject to quota and entered" without the correct entry type, it said. "Until November 1, 2015, entries that are subject to quota must be filed in the Automated Commercial System (ACS)." The validation feature is hoped to allow for earlier than planned industry testing of 11 entry types ahead of the Nov. 1 requirement for entry summary and cargo release filing in ACE, a CBP official recently said (see 1506030054).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 24, 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.