Effective July 15, CBP will have a reduced review requirement for Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) entry summaries, CBP said. CBP will no longer have a paper entry against which to match duty-free certificate, as required in the former process, according to a CBP memorandum. Receipt of a duty-free certificate should be returned with a note stating that the documentation should be maintained and provided upon request by CBP.
CBP's New York/Newark field office advised importers of the increased enforcement of Importer Security Filing (ISF) requirements in an information pipeline. The field office provided transaction codes that will be used to place non-compliant shipments on hold, preventing movement of the cargo in-bond via 1W (Within Port Transfers to a CFS) and 1J (In-bond Authorized Movements to In-land Ports). Unauthorized release or transfers before the appropriate release is posted will result in liquidated damage claims against the "responsible entity," the notice said. The agency began using liquidated damages to enforce ISF non-compliance on July 9 (see 13062613). Shipments designated for a CBP exam within the port that have a bill of lading with an ISF hold code should be transferred to the Centralized Examination Station (CES) and staged for an exam, the notice said. The shipment must be held at the CES until a release code is posted, "even if all exam holds are released," the agency said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 17, 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 July 17 with 152 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 178,192. The most recent ruling is dated 07/16/2013.
CBP released the agenda for the Aug. 7 meeting with the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (COAC) in Washington, D.C. CBP also said the meeting will be available online and registration is available (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 July 16, 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.)
President Barack Obama should move soon to nominate a Commissioner of CBP, said the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) in a letter to Obama. The agency has been without a Senate-confirmed leader for five years and it will be important that the agency has a political appointee as it works within the Trans-Pacific Partnership, export control reform and the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership, the trade group said.
CBP released its July 17 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 30). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent general notices and Court of International Trade decisions.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues: