CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Sept. 16. 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 is requesting comments by Nov. 18 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.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 16 with 190 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 178,906. The most recent ruling is dated 09/13/2013.
The theme for the Oct. 24-25 East Coast Trade Symposium in Washington will be “Increasing Economic Competitiveness Through Global Partnership and Innovation,” said CBP in a notice. The event will be held at the Washington Hilton and will include discussions "regarding CBP’s role in international trade initiatives and partnerships," it said. Further information, including agenda and speakers, will be released later, it said. The agency will not be holding a West Coast Trade Symposium this year "due to sequestration," it said. CBP released the dates of the event last month (see 13083006).
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 Sept. 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.)
In the Sept. 4 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 37), CBP published two notices that propose to modify rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of Brussels sprouts with butter sauce and sugar confectionery.
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 Sept. 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.)
The U.S. government is extending import restrictions for five years on archaeological and ethnological material from Cambodia from the Bronze Age through the Khmer era, which are set to expire Sept. 19, said CBP in a Federal Register notice. The notice, effective Sept. 19, said the State Department has decided conditions continue to warrant the imposition of import restrictions and CBP's regulations will be amended to reflect the extension.