The World Customs Organization adopted two new packages, a Compliance and Enforcement Package and the Organizational Development Package, during the meeting of 179 heads of customs administrations that ended in Brussels June 29. The compliance package complements a previously-adopted package covering revenue, and the development package on economic competitiveness, officials said. During the meeting, Algirdas Šemeta, EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, said efficient and effective customs remain important for economic growth and competitiveness, and cited the need to improve the quality and availability of data for risk analysis purposes through closer engagement with economic operators, and to continue working on potential standards for automatic exchanges of information. Also during the meeting, Josephine Feehily was re-elected Chair of the Council, and Kunio Mikuriya, the incumbent Secretary General of the WCO, was approved for another five-year term.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 27, 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 June 25 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 New York Field Office will hold an informational seminar on HTS chapter heading 4202 on July 30 at 10:30 a.m, it said in an informational pipeline. The event will be held at JFK Airport and will include a presentation by the National Commodity Specialist Division, the notice said.
The CBP customs broker exam will have four hours for completion, a half hour less than previous notice of the exam said (see 13062019). "The posting for time for completion incorrectly reflected 4.5 hours," said a CBP spokesman. "The correct time for completion is 4 hours."
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 26, 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.)
There have been some problems in the Automated Broker Interface which caused a large number of entries to fail “paperless” and the trade received an “intensive exam” or “entry documents required” response, said CBP in a CSMS message. The problem has been corrected but documents will still be required on entries that failed "paperless," said CBP.
In the June 26 issue of the CBP CustomsBulletin (Vol. 47, No. 27), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke a ruling and similar treatment regarding the tariff classification of 3D TV glasses.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated June 24. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
CBP revised its notice of customs broker examination, giving more specificity as to the parts of the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) the agency may test on. A previous version of the notice included the CATAIR as among the materials to be tested on, raising some concern as to the amount of material being covered on the exam (see 13062019).