A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 13, 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.
U.S. and Canadian officials are scheduled to sign a preclearance agreement on March 16, said the State Department (here). Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Canadian Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness will both sign the agreement, which is part of the Beyond the Border Initiative.
CBP posted a number of documents ahead of the second part of its Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) software developer session (here). The second part of sessions was rescheduled for March 27 at the U.S Department of Agriculture (here). The posted documents include the slides from several other agencies that were originally scheduled to present on March 4. The other agency presentations include:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated March 13 (here) with 254 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 185,927. The most recent ruling is dated 03/11/15.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 12, 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 extending the comment period to April 15 on an existing information collection for foreign assembler's declaration. CBP proposes (here) to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or information collected.
CBP is extending the comment period to April 15 on an existing information collection for applications for allowance in duties. CBP proposes (here) to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or information collected.
CBP determined that Hewlett-Packard notebook computer originates in an undisclosed country for government procurement “buy American” purposes, the agency said in a notice (here). Hewlett-Packard provided four scenarios of production of the computer and asked for input on country of origin. None of the countries that were discussed are named. In the first two scenarios, Country A is where the base unit is assembled, while in the third and fourth scenarios, all the hardware components are assembled in Country A. "Based on the facts of this case, we find that in Scenarios 1, 2, 3, and 4, the last substantial transformation takes place in Country A," said CBP. "The country of origin of the Elitebook is Country A for purposes of U.S. Government procurement and country of origin marking."
Former acting CBP commissioner Thomas Winkowski retired from the federal government, said CBP in a press release (here). Most recently, Winkowski worked as principal deputy assistant secretary at ICE, a position he took following the confirmation of current CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske (see 14032408). Several current and former government officials turned out for a March 11 retirement event, said CBP. Attendees included Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, DHS Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Kerlikowske, CBP Deputy Commissioner Kevin McAleenan and former CBP Commissioners Alan Bersin, David Aguilar, Carol Hallet and Ralph Basham.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 11, 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.