CBP issued its Dec. 18 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 50), which contains the following two ruling actions:
The CBP Port of San Francisco warned the trade of potential difficulties following the "imminent shutdown of the only remaining fumigation facility in the Oakland area." CBP recently received word of the coming closure from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, it said in an information notice. The operator of the facility has decided to decrease and eventually stop all fumigations at the site, said CBP. "Containerized cargo entering the port containing commodities requiring mandatory fumigation will be adversely affected when the existing fumigation facility begins to scale down and eventually cease operations," said CBP. "As a result, arriving legitimate cargo requiring USDA mitigation (fumigation) may be refused entry and require re-exportation or destruction. "While there is no "firm date" for the closure, CBP and USDA will keep the trade apprised of developments, said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 13, 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 a Dec. 12 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's cargo release pilot program now has 20 filer participants and about 194,000 Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) cargo release entries have been filed since the pilot began in May last year (see 12060516), said CBP in a Cargo Release Fact sheet (here). CBP also provided a separate broad overview on its work on ACE (here).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 12, 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 extended the comment period to Jan. 16 for an existing information collection on forms for manifest and transportation entry for cargo moving under bond. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.
CBP is extending the comment period to Jan. 16 for an existing information collection on forms for manifest for the entry of merchandise free of duty. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.
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. 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.)