CBP posted to its website a new version of its Form 5106 “Importer ID Input Record,” it said in a CSMS message May 30. The only change is an extension of the expiration date of the form. The new version can be used immediately, but CBP is granting a 30-day grace period to transition from the old version to the new version. Effective July 1, the new version of the CBP Form 5106 will be mandatory, and any other version will not be accepted. The form is available (here). Further information: Tom Scott, Office of Administration, (317) 614-4502.
CBP posted to its website a new version of its Form 301 “Customs Bond,” it said in a CSMS message May 30. The only change is an extension of the expiration date of the form, which was March 31, 2014 in the old version but is now May 31, 2017. The new version can be used immediately, but CBP is granting a 30-day grace period to transition from the old version to the new version. Effective July 1, the new version of the CBP Form 5106 will be mandatory, and any other version will not be accepted. The form is available (here). Further information: Tom Scott, Office of Administration, (317) 614-4502.
The CBP New York/New Jersey field office will deny any protests or requests for extensions of liquidation that are meant to delay liquidation until the renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, it said an in informational pipeline on May 29. Instead, importers should continue to follow CBP’s directive to use SPI “A” to claim GSP and pay duties so that CBP can process refunds if GSP is renewed retroactively (see 13071514).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 28, 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 has posted the fiscal year 2014 preliminary Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (commonly referred to as the Byrd Amendment) amounts available as of April 30 which provides information on the amounts available to disburse by case.
CBP said the following customs broker license, as well as any and all permits, were canceled with prejudice:
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 May 27, 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 its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of May 27. 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.
CBP released its May 29 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 21). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions and general notices.