A recent CBP operation at the Port of Cincinnati led to some 900 pounds of destroyed agricultural goods shipped illegally to the U.S. from Asia, the agency said in a press release (here). The eight-day operation "yielded 1,104 inspected shipments, 73 shipments Returned to Origin (RTO), 198 Emergency Action Notifications (EANs), four mis-delivery penalties, and 98 mis-manifesting penalties netting a total of $98,000 in fines," it said. The illegal scheme highlights "the increasing trend of customers using e-commerce to purchase illegal agriculture products from Asia," said CBP. The shippers and freight forwarders used fake names and addresses and provided unrelated cargo descriptions in the smuggling operation, the agency said. The products were en route to "various locations throughout the United States, including ethnic restaurants, food stores, and private residences."
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 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.
CBP is announcing the calendar year 2015 tariff-rate quota for tuna in airtight containers (here). It said 15,954,733 kilograms of tuna in air-tight containers may be entered and withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during 2015, at the rate of 6% ad valorem under HTS subheading 1604.14.22. Any such tuna which is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the current calendar year in excess of this quota will be dutiable at the rate of 12.5% ad valorem under HTS subheading 1604.14.30.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 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:
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of April 13. 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.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated April 15 (here) with 159 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 186,339. The most recent ruling is dated 04/14/15.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 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.
The Port of Philadelphia is soliciting applicants for the container examination station (CES) at the Consolidated Port of Entry of the Delaware River and Bay, following the expiration of the previous agreement, it said in a public bulletin (here). The agreement will last from three to five years, said CBP. Applications are due June 1.