Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated April 28 with 85 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 181,824. The most recent ruling is dated 04/25/14.
CBP will begin to allow importers to certify Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release pilot data elements through the transmission of the ACE Entry Summary, the agency said in a notice. The agency also added three new data elements that will be required in order to certify from ACE Entry Summary.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 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.
The Food and Drug Administration's Import Trade Auxiliary Communication System (ITACS) will be unable to upload documents from 12:01 - 6 a.m. on May 3, said CBP in a CSMS message. Users should plan to submit documents either before or after this maintenance period, said CBP.
CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske and 26 customs directors general adopted a resolution for a "Regional Risk Management Strategy to identify pressing risks in the Western Hemisphere and establish common risk-management principles" during a regional customs directors conference in Lima, Peru, said CBP in a press release. The April 23-24 event also included discussions of border management and the Authorized Economic Operator Regional Strategy, said CBP. “This has been a particularly excellent opportunity for me, as a new official, to participate in the regional dialogue,” said Kerlikowske.
CBP posted a spreadsheet listing the top 5,000 importers for fiscal year 2013 based on entered value. The spreadsheet contains an alphabetical list of the companies names and addresses.
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 April 25, 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's Port of Fort Lauderdale requested public comments on the one application to operate a Centralized Examination Station (CES) for the Fort Lauderdale and Everglades ports in Florida. The applicant is International Warehouse Services, said CBP.
CBP consolidated the entry specialist teams at the Port of San Francisco, meaning locally licensed brokers are no longer assigned to a specific specialist team, CBP said in an information notice. Effective April 21, entry teams at the port were realigned to be "Processed" based, rather than "Filer" based, the notice said.