In the Feb. 12 Issue of the Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 6), CBP issued a notice regarding the dates and draft agenda for the 53rd Session of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System Committee (HSC), which will meet in Brussels from March 3-14.
CBP is extending the comment period to March 7 for an existing information collection on requests for information. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.
CBP posted a Feb. 10 version of its CF 1400 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Entrances) electronic query report of the Vessel Management System (VMS), in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by entrances. CBP also posted a version of its CF 1401 (Record of Vessel in Foreign Trade Clearances) electronic query report of the VMS, in accordance with 19 CFR 4.95, organized by clearances.
CBP Ports of Entry across the South announced closings Feb. 12 due to inclement weather. Some ports were also closed on Feb. 11, and closings at others have already been announced for Feb. 13. CBP said it will grant “snow days” allowing an extra day for all entry summaries and duty payments that were due on the dates of the closings, as follows:
CBP released its Feb. 12 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 6). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent Court of International Trade decisions and general notices.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Feb. 11, 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 issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Feb. 10. This report 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 issued a final determination that an undisclosed country not designated within the Trade Agreements Act (TAA) is the country of origin for Plantronics cordless headsets. The headsets, which are assembled in the non-TAA designated country, are imported fully functional from another undisclosed TAA country, said CBP. CBP found that "the country where the last substantial transformation of the headsets occurs is [non-TAA country], that is, where the major assembly processes are performed." Therefore, the country of origin for government procurement procurement is the non-TAA country, said CBP.
CBP posted an updated version of its notice announcing that the next customs broker license exam will be on Monday, April 7.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues: