CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of May 11. 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.
In the May 6 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 49, No. 18) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of polyvinyl alcohol fibers and self-adhesive surgical drapes.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 7, 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 made "technical rectifications" to the NAFTA Uniform Regulations, following up on a 2009 agreement between the U.S, Mexico and Canada, the agency said (here). "The technical rectifications were necessitated by systemic revisions to the international" harmonized system, it said. "The technical rectifications to the NAFTA Uniform Regulations for Chapter Four and Annex 403.1 do not constitute policy or substantive changes to the NAFTA and have the sole purpose of maintaining consistency between the NAFTA Annexes and each of the signatory countries’ tariff laws."
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP posted a recording (here) and the presentation (here) from a May 5 webinar on Importer Security Filing enforcement updates. CBP plans to shift to full enforcement of ISF and will wind down requirements for the ports for pursuing ISF-related liquidated damages, it said during the webinar (see 1505060013).
Importers must report an Employer Identification Number, Social Security Number or CBP-assigned number for Ultimate Consignee identification on entries valued less than $2,500 for Automated Commercial Environment entry summaries, said CBP (here). The Ultimate Consignee's identification number may be reported as all zeroes on informal ACE entry summaries, it said. "Currently, ACE entry summary does not have the ability or fields to allow for reporting of the Ultimate Consignee's name and address" and there are "no changes to reporting requirements for the Ultimate Consignee's identification on informal entries processed in" ACE, it said.
CBP released the May 6 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 49, No. 18), which contains the following ruling actions (here):
In the April 29 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 49, No. 17) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of contact lens buttons and Thymoglobulin.
CBP defended its record of enforcement for antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China after lawmakers complained to the agency on the issue in a recent letter (see 1505050016). "Enforcement of this order is a priority" and the agency uses "all of its authority under the law to collect antidumping duties on imports of wooden bedroom furniture from China," said a CBP spokeswoman in an email. CBP plans to work with Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and will "discuss the Agency's efforts to enforce the antidumping order on wooden bedroom furniture from China," she said.