CBP New York/Newark released statistics in a pipeline notice showing the "cycle time measurement" of Centralized Examination Stations from January through March. The cycle times refer to the time from ocean container arrival, as transmitted via the Automated Commercial Environment, through final examination completion release date.
CBP provided a list of entry and entry summary filing methods to be available as of Nov. 1, after which electronic filing will be required in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). The list (here) includes a comparison of the filing methods available now and the methods that will disappear on Nov. 1. CBP reported that some filers are confused as to whether they can file in ACE. "Filers have advised CBP that they understand their entries are filed in ACE, when in fact they are transmitting ACE Entry Summary data and certifying corresponding cargo release data in the Automated Commercial System (ACS)," said the agency. "These transmissions do not constitute an ACE entry filing, which is required for the November 1, 2015 mandatory date." Currently, only four percent of all entries are filed within ACE, it said.
CBP posted its draft agenda and other documents (here) for the upcoming Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) meeting on April 24. The agenda is (here).
CBP released the April 22 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 49, No. 16), which contains the following ruling actions (here):
CBP said its Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1502 was created April 20, containing 1,843 ABI records and 388 harmonized tariff records. "Modifications include the addition of APHIS/LACEY ACT PGA (Participating Government Agency) indicators," it said in a CSMS message (here). "These PGA indicators are for future use relating to the PGA data set submissions associated with the APHIS/LACEY ACT program." Adjustments required for the verification of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedule are also included, CBP said in a CSMS message. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 21, 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 April 20, 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.
ORLANDO, FLA. -- There's still some uncertainty as to whether CBP will ultimately require continuing education hours as part of a customs broker license, said Brenda Smith, assistant commissioner in CBP's Office of International Trade at the National Customs Broker & Forwarders Association of America conference on April 20. The agency is now in the process of reviewing whether it has the authority to make such a requirement and CBP will also need to look at all the pieces involved, she said. CBP has been considering for several years a proposal to require customs brokers to have 40 hours of continuing education for every three years (see 13041104).
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 April 17, 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.