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 July 31, 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 by 30 days for the proposed extension of its existing Passenger List/Crew List (CBP Form I-418) information collection, which it plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours.
CBP and the General Administration of Customs, People’s Republic of China (GACC) announced results from the first joint intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement operation between the U.S. and China on July 31, CBP said. The month-long operation resulted in the seizure of over 243,000 counterfeit consumer electronic products from popular trademarks including Apple, Blackberry and Samsung. CBP said the operation also resulted in an arrest by local law enforcement of a U.S. citizen who repeatedly imported counterfeit Beats by Dr. Dre headphones and sold them on Craigslist.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 26. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
In the July 31 issue of the Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 32), CBP published a notice that proposes to modify a ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of bushings used in marine propulsion systems.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 30, 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 will host a Trade Fair to provide members of the trade community to speak one-on-one with representatives from U.S. and Canadian agencies that regulate imports and exports, CBP said in a trade information notice. The event will be Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Federal Center South, 4735 East Marginal Way S, Seattle, Wash.
CBP officers seized over 17 tons of marijuana at the Calexico East cargo facility July 25, setting the record for the largest narcotic bust for Calexico ports of entry, CBP said. A 2013 Kenworth tractor-trailer had entered the facility with cargo manifested as computer monitors, and an officer referred the conveyance for further examination through the port’s imaging system. After anomalies were detected within the cargo and a canine team alerted to pallets inside the trailer, officers removed 2,471 packages of marijuana hidden inside cardboard boxes behind pallets of computer parts. The packages contained a total of 35,274 pounds of marijuana, valued at almost $10 million. CBP seized both the narcotics and the conveyance.
CBP posted a new issue of its Frontline magazine, CBP's quarterly magazine on border security.