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 June 7, 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 is extending the comment period to July 11 for an information collection for visa waiver program carrier agreements (CBP Form I-775). The Visa Waiver Program Carrier Agreement (CBP Form I-775) is used by carriers to request acceptance by CBP into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). This form is an agreement whereby carriers agree to the terms of the VWP, said CBP. CBP Form I-775 serves to hold carriers liable for the transportation costs, to ensure the completion of required forms, and to share passenger data, it said. CBP estimates 400 annual responses, it said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 6, 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.)
The decline in CBP's validations of companies applying for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program is due to a change in the revalidation time period, said a CBP spokeswoman. "The number of validations is slightly lower compared to 2012 as we have adjusted the revalidation time period from 3 years to 4 years," she said. A recently released CBP document on the C-TPAT program seemed to indicate a slowdown in validations this year (see 13060511).
CBP will begin full enforcement of Importer Security Filing beginning July 9, CBP said in a CSMS message. At that time, the agency "will start issuing liquidated damages against ISF importers and carriers for ISF non-compliance," it said. The ISF program requires advance cargo information submission to CBP within 24 hour before the cargo is loaded onto an ocean vessel going to the U.S.
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 June 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.)
The 2013 Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of CBP Export Survey is still open. COAC has three separate surveys to collect information from brokers and freight forwarders/non-vessel operating common carriers, carriers and exporters. The survey primarily focuses on CBP and consists of about 30 minutes of multiple choice questions. Information gathered in the survey is anonymous, and results will be shared in future COAC meetings.
CBP will begin a pilot program that no longer requires foreign trade zone (FTZ) operators to submit an application for FTZ activity permit (CBP Form 216) for some activities, the agency said in a notice. Within the test, CBP Form 216 will not be required for the manipulation, manufacture, or exhibition of merchandise within an FTZ where such activity has been previously approved in that zone’s Grant of Authority by the FTZ Board. FTZ operators approved for participation will also have the option of allowing "duty-paid merchandise that has been entered for consumption to remain in an activated zone area for up to 90 calendar days after CBP releases the merchandise, so long as the merchandise remains segregated, does not undergo further manufacturing, and is accurately recorded in the Inventory Control and Recordkeeping system within five (5) business days of release," said CBP.