Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 24. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
CBP issued its Feb. 26 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 8), which contains the following ruling actions:
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 Feb. 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 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 posted instructions for Congressional members passing along constituent issues. The guide is (here).
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CBP formally launched Phase II of the truck cargo pre-inspection pilot at the Peace Bridge crossing between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York, in conjunction with the Public Safety Canada and Canada Border Services Agency, said DHS in a Feb. 24 statement. Phase II aims to test the CBP ability to pre-inspect U.S.-bound truck cargo in Canada in order to reduce wait times and border congestion, said DHS. The pre-inspection process will include radiation screening and other basic processing, added DHS. “The joint efforts of the United States and Canada are key to expediting the secure flow of commerce and improving the economic opportunity of our two countries,” said Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Following the U.S.-Canadian declaration to implement the program in February 2011, Phase I determined the feasibility of placing CBP officers in Canada to conduct the pre-inspection process, said DHS.
The Agricultural Marketing Service requested that CBP collect a raspberry fee for certain tariff numbers, said CBP in a CSMS message. CBP will use the class code of 057 to collect the raspberry fee, it said. The tariff numbers and associated fee rates are:
CBP added 14 airports to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release pilot program, the agency said in a CSMS notice listing the new airports. CBP recently said it was expanding the pilot program to include other modes of transportation beside air (see 14013112). The additional airports are:
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 24 with 84 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 180,805. The most recent ruling is dated 02/21/14.
A working group in the CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) will shift its focus to other intellectual property rights protection methods, including through trusted trader benefits, after recommending on Feb. 20 that the agency put the Distribution Chain Management (DCM) initiative on hold. The IPR working group will subsequently put more focus on a new tack, looking toward use of the Document Image System (DIS), trusted trader benefits and collaboration with the Centers of Excellence and Expertise (CEEs), said Karen Kenney, chief operating officer-Liberty International.