CBP is extending the comment period to Aug. 6 for an existing information collection for entry summaries. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.
CBP and the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) recently opened up their 2014 Trade Efficiency Survey to responses from the trade community. The survey will be open until July 23 (here). Information gathered in the survey will be used to set priorities and assess the economic impact of trade initiatives.
CBP will temporarily allow non-automated consolidated freight stations, warehouses and terminals to release cargo based on screen printouts presented to them by filers while the agency conducts its Simplified Entry pilot, it said on July 2. CBP says the interim procedures will allow non-automated facilities that don’t get electronic releases to handle entries filed under the pilot. Simplified Entry does away with the filing of paper Form 3461, so CBP won’t be creating courtesy copies or otherwise stamping forms, it said.
CBP issued its July 2 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 26), which contains the following ruling actions:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 1, 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.
With demand high for soccer apparel during the 2014 World Cup, CBP says its San Juan field office recently seized a consignment of counterfeit soccer uniforms. The shipment arrived from Hong Kong to the San Juan air cargo facility, containing boxes of soccer shirts and shorts that were destined to an address in San Juan. CBP said that an inspection revealed that the boxes contained fake uniforms of the Brazilian, Italian and Argentinian national teams that violated the intellectual property rights of Nike, Puma, and Adidas.
CBP Los Angeles said the Price Transfer Dominguez Centralized Examination Station (CES) is proposing changes to its fee schedule. In a public bulletin LA14-014 dated July 1, CBP LA says the CES plans to increase some fees, decrease other fees, and eliminate some fees altogether. Comments on the fee changes are due July 31. CBP says the port director will review comments and then decide whether to accept the revised fee schedule.
Automated Broker Interface (ABI) final daily statements for Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) credit payments made on July 1 will be delayed for a day as a result of a processing problem in the Automated Commercial System (ACS), said CBP in a CSMS message July 2. The agency says the payments have not yet been processed due to a problem with its ACH credit file from the bank in ACS. “We are aware of the issue and are working on a resolution,” said CBP.
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 June 30, 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.