Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 31 with 90 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 177,665. The most recent ruling is dated 05/31/2013.
CBP's Seattle Field Office will start posting the public bulletin notice of liquidation (CBP Form 4333) electronically, it said in a trade information notice. The new posting policy will begin June 7 for port codes 3001, 3002, 3003, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3022, 3026, 3029, 3071, 3082 and 3078 only, the notice said. The electronic posting will be available in a conspicuous place -- a computer on a public counter-- as required in 19 CFR 159.9. The bulletin is currently posted in paper form in Seattle's Entry Branch lobby every Friday, but starting June 7, the information will be saved to a stand-alone computer in the lobby, the notice said. CBP is in the process of making more bulletins electronically available (see 13050924) for more on CBP's plans to start posting bulletin notices electronically).
Bags with designated compartments meant to hold bottles should not be classified as "shopping bags," as claimed by the Earthwise Bag Company, said CBP in a May 17 ruling. The ruling, HQ H235569, came after Earthwise's lawyer, Bruce Shulman of Stein Shostak, asked CBP to reconsider a 2008 ruling that classified the bottle bags as "bottle cases or similar containers."
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 30, 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.)
In the latest move in the U.S.-Canada Beyond the Border initiative, the two countries released a Border Infrastructure Investment Plan May 30, billed as a mechanism for mutual understanding of all border infrastructure investments that the two countries will use to coordinate their border upgrade plans. The BIIP will be updated and released each year. U.S. and Canadian officials said the plan will reduce wait times, increase border traffic and help create jobs. “This first, joint U.S.-Canada binational plan shows that our collaborative approach to border planning, which includes feedback from our local partners, will serve both of our countries well and ensures that we are working together on our common interests,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in a statement. Canada and the U.S. began work on the Beyond the Border initiative in 2011 (read more here). BIIP and other aspects of the initiative are designed to benefit the integrated economies of the U.S. and Canada, "which depend on the fluid movement of commercial and non-commercial traffic across our border," said a Department of Homeland Security statement.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 24. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
CBP will not be releasing the pass rate for the April customs brokers exam, said an agency spokeswoman.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 29, 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.)
Applications to operate a Centralized Exam Station in the Port of Atlanta, Ga., will be accepted from the Atlanta Trade Community and other interested parties through July 29, said CBP in a CSMS message.