The vendor of yellow high security bolt seals for CBP had a manufacturing delay and some seals lack the agency's stamp, CBP said in a CSMS message. "This issue has been resolved and all future orders will be filled with CBP stamped seals," it said. The seals are numerically sequenced, but do not contain the word “CBP” to indicate that the seal is issued by CBP, it said. The agency sad it has alerted all field offices.
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 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.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated June 9 with 105 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 182,351. The most recent ruling is dated 06/06/14.
Monitoring devices used within refrigerated containers can be considered as an accessory of an Instrument of International Traffic (IIT), said CBP in a June 4 ruling, HQ H251366. As a result, such devices may be imported without a duty payment, said CBP. The ruling came in response to a Hapag-Lloyd request that the agency weigh in on the dutiability of the devices. The devices are used to provide the shipper with temperature information for containers.
CBP's Los Angeles field office will offer reimbursable overtime for agriculture services as of July 1, it said in a public bulletin. The bulletin includes a list of established business hours for the ports involved and contact information for agriculture reimbursable overtime requests. The bulletin notes that "if a commercial vessel requiring agriculture clearance arrives outside of hours of core agriculture coverage at the port, reimbursable overtime will be charged for the agriculture clearance." Further, "if a commercial vessel requiring an agriculture clearance arrives toward the end of core hours and the agriculture clearance extends beyond the hours of core agriculture hours at the port, then reimbursable overtime will be charged for the portion of the clearance outside of the core hours," it said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 6, 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 June 5, 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.
In the June 4 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 22), CBP published a notice that proposes to modify rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of "mi Jam" electronic drumsticks.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 4, 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.