Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 8 with 82 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 181,983. The most recent ruling is dated 05/07/14.
In the May 7 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 18), CBP published a notice that proposes to modify and revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of wooden storage benches.
CBP issued a fraud warning for rough diamond trade from Sierra Leone, Ghana and Guinea. The agency has come across several scams involving fake Kimberley Process Certificates over the past year, it said. "Fake certificates numbered Sierra Leone 004199, issued April or May 2014, have been presented to prospective diamond purchasers in the past three weeks. "Diamond traders and business community members are also urged to be alert to the circulation of the fake certificate," the agency said. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is a certification-of-origin system in which governments from 76 diamond-producing and -processing countries work together with the diamond industry to prevent the trade in conflict diamonds.
CBP New York/Newark released statistics in a pipeline notice showing the "cycle time measurement" of Centralized Examination Stations from January through March. The cycle times refer to the time from ocean container arrival, as transmitted via the Automated Commercial Environment, through final examination completion release date.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 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.
In the May 7 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 18), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of body stickers with glitter and/or plastic gemstones and plastic adhesive gems and self-adhesive plastic jewels and body stickers with multiple plastic gemstones.
The removal of Egyptian President Mohamaed Morsi has contributed to the growing threat to the supply chain in the region, said CBP in an alert to Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) members. The political instability in Egypt has "significantly increased the threat that terrorist groups will carry out an attack against critical supply chain elements in the country and its surrounding waterways, including the Suez Canal," said the C-TPAT alert. "In the nine months since President Morsi’s ouster, terrorist groups in Egypt have demonstrated a heightened intent to attack international supply chains in the country." An attack on a cargo ship transiting the Suez Canal would be a high-profile target for terrorists and has the "ability to disrupt the approximately eight percent of world trade that passes through the waterway each year." CBP advises C-TPAT members to reassess risk factors for shipments originating in Egypt or transiting through Egypt and minimize container drop times, among other things.
The Importer Security Filing (ISF) reports for the month of May 2014 will be delayed in getting posted to the Automated Commercial Environment Portal, said CBP. The reports should be posted to the ACE Portal the week of May 16, it said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 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 Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske met with industry leaders during a trip to Chicago, said a CBP press release. He participated in a trade roundtable, along with officials from CBP’s Center of Excellence and Expertise in Chicago, O’Hare International Airport Service, Expeditors Chicago, Euromarket Designs, Tellabs, Sears Holdings Corporation, Abbvie, HAVI Global Solutions and aides to U.S. lawmakers that represent Illinois. Kerlikowske then met with the O’Hare Airline Managers Association, a group comprised of officials Chicago Department of Aviation, British Airways, Qatar Airlines, and the Transportation Security Administration.