A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 9, 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 July 8 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 Seattle Field Office issued a notice reminding importers of how to use CBP Form 7523 when importing vehicles. That form, which is for duty-free vehicle imports for personal use, is commonly used under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings 9805.00.50 (Government), 9801.00.10 (Products of the U.S.), 9804.00.35 (Non-resident), and 9804.00.20 (Immigrant). An imported vehicle isn't eligible for duty-free entry if a non-resident importer is planning to drive the vehicle through the U.S. and make entry into Canada or Mexico, the notice said.
CBP will allow any commercial vessel entering U.S. water to participate in the electronic Form I-418 Crew and Passenger Manifest Permanent Program in order to allow for a smooth transition to use of the electronic form, said CBP's Seattle Field Office in a trade information notice. Those interested must provide a CBP invitation letter to the area port director and make a verbal or written request to participate, after which CBP can grant the request verbally or on paper, the notice said. Once a vessel is approved, it is no longer required to submit paper arrival and departure Form I-418 and the electronic version must be submitted to the National Vessel Movement Center over Internet or email, said CBP.
CBP will expand its Document Image System (DIS) pilot in the Automated Commercial Environment to add additional partner government agency forms and reduce metadata submission requirements, said CBP in a notice. A Federal Register notice on the expansion will be published shortly, said CBP. DIS allows for electronic submission of documents during the import process required by multiple agencies. CBP began testing the program last year (see 12040548).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of July 8. 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.
In the July 3 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 28), CBP published two notices that propose to modify rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of child bicycle seats and wine bottle bags.
CBP is correcting its regulations to add a sentence about the timing of the customs broker exam, it said in a notice. CBP is adding the following sentence to 19 CFR Section 111.13(b): "Written examinations will be given on the first Monday in April and October unless the regularly scheduled examination date conflicts with a national holiday, religious observance, or other foreseeable event and the agency publishes in the FEDERAL REGISTER an appropriate notice of a change in the examination date."
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 5, 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.)