The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America and the Los Angeles Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Association will discuss potential updates to customs broker permit regulations during coming events. CBP is looking to revise broker permitting regulations, which have been a source of worry among brokers (see 14022415), as part of a larger update to broker regulations. The NCBFAA event, scheduled for March 27 at 2 p.m., will include comments from association president Darrell Sekin on "why now is the time to have the discussion about Permits," it said (here). Meanwhile, the LACBFFA scheduled a town hall meeting on April 17 to "review the soon to be published comments made by the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America and find consensus among the members of the LACBFFA," it said (here). The NCBFAA is "still researching and evaluating what we are going to say" in the comments and the March 27 event will be a means for gathering input, said an NCBFAA spokesman.
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 March 24, 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 March 24 with 328 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 181,224. The most recent ruling is dated 03/21/14.
CBP released its March 19 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 11). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions.
A relocation service that brings household goods into the U.S. cannot serve as the importer of record for the goods because it lacks "sufficient financial interest," CBP headquarters said in a Feb. 6 ruling. The company, Masterpiece International, provides moving services for employees of multinational companies moving into the U.S. The company claimed that "the services offered give Masterpiece an interest in the imported household goods that goes beyond a mere nominal consignee," said CBP in HQ H242069.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 21, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP will hold a Charlotte, N.C. "Trade Day" event on May 28 with two identical sessions from 9:30 -11:30 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m., said CBP in a CSMS message. "This event will provide the trade community with an opportunity to meet and interact with Charlotte CBP trade staff and representatives from participating government agencies," it said. The event will be held at 1770 Shopton Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28217.
Former CBP Acting Commissioner Tom Winkowski joined ICE as principal deputy assistant secretary at the agency, according to an ICE leadership chart and the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America (here). Winkowski most recently was deputy commissioner at CBP, named to that spot once Gil Kerlikowske assumed the role of CBP Commissioner (see 14031016). Kevin McAleenan is listed as acting deputy commissioner on CBP's site (here). The Department of Homeland Security, CBP and ICE did not comment.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 20, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)