CBP at Miami International Airport will no long send paper information bulletins, CBP said in an information bulletin. As of Jan. 31, all information bulletins will be sent over email, it said.
CBP seized about 128 pounds of cocaine found in a shipping container in Baltimore, the agency said. The commercial shipment of car parts came from Panama, said CBP. CBP inspected of the container using non-intrusive imaging technologies and found anomalies in the shipment, it said. CBP then found two gym bags with 50 bricks of cocaine, said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 23, 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 Dec. 23. 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 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 Dec. 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.)
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Dec. 20. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
CBP issued a CSMS message announcing that in accordance with 19 CFR 142.21(i), it is issuing a "blanket" authorization to allow the release of most types of merchandise on or after Dec. 18 through Dec. 31 under Immediate Delivery (I.D.) procedures. Many entry filers make regular use of I.D. procedures for fresh fruits and vegetables and other merchandise from Mexico and Canada, etc.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 19, 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 showed a sizable decline in employee satisfaction, leaving the agency toward the bottom of the latest ranking of federal agencies by the Partnership for Public Service, a think tank. CBP ranks 277th out of 300 agency subcomponents in employee satisfaction, the report said (here). The Partnership for Public Service said it uses data from the Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey to rank agencies and their subcomponents according to a Best Places to Work index score. CBP's index score fell to 45.1 in 2013 from 58.5 in 2012, the survey found. A fellow subagency of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, was below CBP in employee satisfaction, ranking 291st, the report said (here). DHS ranked last among large agencies, the group said (here).