A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 12, 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 has resolved the issue with processing some application Identifier PN (Periodic Daily Statement Debit Authorizations and/or Entry Summary Acceptance) transactions in district 27 (Los Angeles), it said in a CSMS message. A June 10 CSMS message had reported delays in processing district 27 PN transactions that caused a new June Periodic Monthly Statement number to be generated (see 13061212).
CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of June 10. 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.
CBP Los Angeles Field Operations provided updated information on the commodities and personnel assigned to import specialist and entry teams at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport, in Public Bulletin No. LA13-021. The guide lists the merchandise assignments, supervisor names and telephone numbers of the LA/LB import specialist and entry teams in effect as of June 2. The updated list should be used as a supplement to Bulletin LA13-016, issued in November, said CBP L.A. The changes are being made to align assignments with the new electronics Center for Excellence and Expertise, it said. A complete updated commodity list will be issued at a later date, CBP said.
One percent, or around 104 members, of the 10,452 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) members were pushed out of the program in 2012, the agency said in a document outlining the suspensions, removal, appeals and reinstatement process for the program. The agency also said 3 percent, or 313 members, were suspended in 2012. Those low suspension and removal numbers point to a successful working relationship for the program that includes "extensive outreach efforts" to help a member regain compliance before punitive action is taken, said CBP.
Between June 10 and June 14, the processing of some application Identifier PN (Periodic Daily Statement Debit Authorizations and/or Entry Summary Acceptance) transactions may be delayed, said CBP in a CSMS message (here). Not all PN transactions are affected, it said. Only PN transactions referencing a Periodic Daily Statement that cause a new June Periodic Monthly Statement number to be generated in district 27 (Los Angeles) will be delayed.
The Department of Homeland Security should have been more resolute in its attempt to learn from the agency's failed advanced spectroscopic portal monitor (ASP) radiation detection program, according to a Government Accountability Office report. Prioritizing "lessons learned" reviews would improve the agency's procurement's efforts and avoid the mistakes that surrounded the ASP program. But DHS still doesn't have a formal process to immediately conduct such reviews, it said.
The Area Port of Seattle is revising its Resolution Request notice for missing entry summaries, said CBP in a June 10 Trade Information Notice. The revised Resolution Request will “add emphasis,” because filing of entry documents at summary is time-sensitive, and delays may negatively affect assessment of liquidated damages, CBP said. The new version of the request will apply to all entities filing entries and entry summaries at the Area Port of Seattle, it said.
CBP posted a June 10 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 released its May 22 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 22). While the Bulletin does not contain any ruling articles, it does include recent general notices and Court of International Trade decisions.