A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 9, 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 continued its decline in employee satisfaction, leaving the agency even closer to the bottom in the latest ranking of federal agencies by the Partnership for Public Service, a think tank. CBP ranks 293th out of 315 agency subcomponents in employee satisfaction, the report said (here). Last year, CBP ranked 277th (see 13122016). The Partnership for Public Service said it uses data from the Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey to rank agencies and their subcomponents according to a Best Places to Work index score. CBP's index score fell to 43.5 in 2014 from 45.1 in 2013, the survey found. A fellow subagency of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, was below CBP in employee satisfaction, ranking 314th, second to last, the report said (here). DHS ranked last among large agencies, the group said (here).
CBP released its Dec. 10 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 49) (here). While it does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent CBP notices.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 8, 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 outlined its fiscal year 2014 for antidumping and countervailing duties in a AD/CVD Update (here). The update, the first edition of an apparently recurring publication, provides various statistics on CBP's AD/CVD efforts over the fiscal year. CBP said it "processed 279,890 new AD/CVD imports," administered 1,532 AD/CVD instruction messages from the U.S. Department of Commerce, and "assessed final duties on 142,481 AD/CVD entries," it said. The agency's update also said the Justice Department filed four cases on antidumping duty evasion, while three importers are fighting CBP requests for single transaction bonds over AD/CVD concerns. CBP also collected 12 percent more than during FY 2014 in AD/CVD deposits in FY 2014, up to $508.5 million, it said.
Correction: CBP will announce the dates for the two scheduled trade symposia in January (see 1412050013).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP plans to stop publication of canceled individual or corporate customs broker licenses in the Federal Register, the agency said in a notice (here). The cancellations are in response to voluntary requests from brokers that no longer want to or cannot conduct customs business, said CBP. While the agency has historically published the cancellations, it is "not required by statute or regulation, but rather has been provided by CBP as courtesy notice to the public," it said. "Given the ease of access to current information available online and with consideration for the most efficient use of CBP customs broker management resources, CBP will no longer publish notice of customs broker license or permit cancellations." Instead, CBP will maintain a list of active brokers on its site, the agency said. CBP will continue to publish Federal Register notices for customs broker licenses that have been suspended or revoked, it said..
CBP is requesting comments by Feb. 9 on an existing information collection for applications to use the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). CBP proposes (here) to extend the expiration date of this information collection with a change to the burden hours.
The customs broker’s license examination scheduled for April 2015 will be on Monday, April 13, said CBP in a notice (here). While CBP didn't provide any additional information, the exam typically consists of 80 multiple-choice questions. Exam topics usually include: Entry, Classification, Country of Origin, Trade Agreements, Antidumping/Countervailing Duty, Value, Broker Responsibilities, FP&F, Protests, Marking, Prohibited and Restricted Merchandise, Drawback, Intellectual Property Rights, and other subjects pertinent to a broker's duties. The agency said it will post more information soon.