CBP plans to host a Webinar on the Centers of Excellence and Expertise and the role of customs brokers at 1 p.m. on May 21, the agency said in a CSMS message. Registration isn't required, said CBP. A link to the Webinar will be available (here).
CBP is extending the comment period to June 13 for an existing information collection for the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) and the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or to the information collected.
All air cargo entry releases and in-bond processing will be moved to the Business Service Center in Newark, N.J., from the Newark Airport location, said CBP's New York field office in an informational pipeline. The pipeline, dated May 10, said the move would be effect two weeks from the issuance of the notice. CBP said the move will help to better "utilize resources under tight budgetary constraints." While examinations will continue at the Centralized Air Cargo Examination Facility (CACEF) at Newark Airport, "any members of the Trade community needing to present clearance documents should present them" at the Business Service Center at 11 Raymond Blvd., Newark, N.J. from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Anyone seeking release of imminent shipments, such as perishables, outside of business hours "may obtain release from the CACEF, until further notice."
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 9, 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 June 12 for an existing information collection on ship's stores declarations. CBP proposed to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or to the information collected.
CBP donated some 17,000 pairs of counterfeit Timberland shoes and boots to World Vision International, the agency said in a press release. All the items were seized by CBP at the Port of New York/Newark, it said. The total estimated domestic value of the items is $722,824, with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of more than $2 million. Last fiscal year, CBP and trademark holders donated merchandise valued at over one million dollars to charities and relief efforts all over the world, the agency said.
CBP will add five additional free trade agreements (FTAs) that importers can claim post-importation preferential tariff treatment on, the agency said in a general notice. The additional agreements to be included in the reconciliation pilot are: U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (OFTA), the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA), the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (UKFTA), the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA), and the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion (PANTPA), said CBP. Reconciliation entries for imports from the new FTAs will be available Aug. 12, said CBP.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 8, 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 May 6 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.
A blended syrup consisting of mostly Brazilian cane sugar with some U.S. corn syrup does not undergo a substantial transformation, because it remains a sugar syrup, said CBP in a classification and country of origin ruling. Therefore, the country of origin of the product is Brazil, it said.