A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 24, 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 posted the fiscal year 2013 preliminary Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (commonly referred to as the Byrd Amendment) amounts available as of April 30 which provides information on the amounts available to disburse by case.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 24 with 106 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 177,579. The most recent ruling is dated 05/24/2013.
It's the pacifier, not the pacifier clip, the gives a pacifier clip set its essential character, CBP said in a May 14 ruling (here). The set, which includes a pacifier and a pacifier clip that is stuffed and looks like a sleepy cow, was the subject of a request by Sassy to CBP for a binding ruling on the tariff classification. Sassy's lawyer, Donna Shira from Sharretts, Paley, said the clip and pacifier set should be classified based on the clip, which gives the set its essential character. Therefore, the set should be classified as a toy of heading 9503, said Sassy.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 23, 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 said it resolved a problem with about 2,500 carrier and importer accounts that account identifiers are rejected when transmitted in an EDI or portal transaction, said CBP in a CSMS message. Affected users also couldn't access their ACE Secure Data Portal account, said CBP.
CBP's Reimbursable Services program includes the use of CBP services at places not currently being served by the agency, it said in an update on the program (here). The statutory authority for the program "expressly contemplates the provision of such services at new facilities," said CBP. The requestor must comply with CBP specifications in order make use of such services, it said. CBP's Office of Field Operations will be in charge of determining the staffing level needed for services under such agreements, the agency said. CBP recently outlined its plans to implement the program, which would allow private groups to reimburse CBP for new or enhanced customs or immigration inspections (see 13051329).
CBP posted a number of presentations and documents that the agency showed at a recent Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) conference. The conference, held May 21 in Baltimore, included several technical overviews of ACE progress and future plans. The agency is planning to require ACE filing for manifest and cargo release by the end of 2015 and will require filing everything through ACE by the end of 2016, it said in a presentation on the ACE Plan Forward (here).
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 22, 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.)