CBP is requesting comments by Nov. 12 for an existing information collection on prior disclosures. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.
CBP made a change to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) reports Sept. 7, allowing customs brokers with an ACE Secure Data Portal account to access AM-100 liquidation reports, the agency said in a CSMS message. Previously, only the importers could access the report. CBP also issued a document outlining how to use the AM-100 report (here). The agency made the reports available to importers in 2011 (see 11092912).
The posting of Importer Security Filing reports for August 2013 to the Automated Commercial Environment Portal will be delayed, CBP said. According to CBP, the reports should be posted by the week of Sept. 13.
In the Sept. 4 issue of the CBP Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 37), CBP published a notice of modification of rulings and treatment regarding the tariff classification of chili powder blends.
The CBP San Francisco field office tentatively selected applicants to operate Centralized Examination Stations (CES), it said in an information notice. The selections are Bobac CFS of Alameda, Calif., and North America 3 PL LLC. of Oakland Calif.
CBP updated its new "Broker Employee Data Upload Quick Reference Guide" to include additional information about the use of the template for the broker employee data upload, said CBP in a CSMS message. The updated guide is (here).
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. 6, 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’s Pharmaceutical, Health and Chemicals Center of Excellence and Expertise met with industry partners from government and private sector in August to discuss issues facing pharmaceutical, health and chemical industries such as disruptions to supply chains, CBP said. According to a news release, the CEEs “process participating importers within 10 CEE industries by account” and allow CBP to quickly adapt to industry changes. CBP said that CEE staff uses “industry knowledge to resolve holds and mitigate requests for information or CF-28s—oftentimes before the accounts know it themselves.” CEE Director Leon Hayward said these efforts reduce costs for the trade community and that the CEEs were “designed as the centerpiece of CBP’s 21st Century trade modernization efforts.” Other industry speakers called the CEEs “the nexus for engaging with the government on all questions for their imports.”
CBP is extending the comment period to Oct. 10 on an existing information collection used to request distribution of Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act funds. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with a change to the burden hours.