CBP Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is announcing that effective immediately, ACS will transmit the header value of 'N' (instead of the header value of 'E') in the 'BN' application (record BN01, Position 5), in response to entry transactions with application identifier "WP" In-Bond.
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1. Change to the 'BN' Application Record for 'WP' In-Bond Entry Transactions
(The BN application allows CBP to transmit the results of FDA prior notice (PN) processing at the FDA line-item level.)
CBP states it will continue to send the header value of 'E' if the BN output message is in response to entry transactions with the application identifier of 'HN' (border cargo release), 'HI' (cargo release), or 'EI' (entry summary).
According to CBP, this change is being made in order to differentiate entries submitted through application 'WP' from entries submitted through application identifiers 'HN', 'HI', or 'EI.'
(See ITT's Online Archives or 11/06/03 and 11/12/03 news, 03111205 and 03110620, for BP summaries of CBPs earlier administrative messages on the BN application.
See ITT's Online Archives or 12/24/03 and 12/29/03 news, 03122405 and 03122945 for BP summaries of CBP notices on how to deal with certain FDA PN problems.)
(Adm: 04-0002, dated 01/02/04, available by emailing staff@brokerpower.com )
2. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of December 31, 2003
CBP has posted to its Web site its weekly quota commodity report as of December 31, 2003. This report includes tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cocoa, tobacco, line pipe, certain Jordan Free Trade Agreement (JFTA) TRQs, etc. This report also includes TRQs on certain HTS Chapter 52 cotton, upland cotton under HTS Chapter 99, the CBTPA, AGOA, ATPDEA, and NAFTA tariff preference levels (TPL) for qualifying apparel and other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics under HTS 9902.51.11 & 9902.51.12, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 12/31/03, available at http://www.cbp.gov/ImageCache/cgov/content/import/textiles/commodity_5fstatus_5freports/cr031231_2edoc/v1/cr031231.doc; also issued as Adm: 04-0006.)
3. DHS Launched US-VISIT Program Nationwide on January 5, 2004
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a press release announcing that on January 5, 2004 it launched US-VISIT, a new program that uses biometrics to enhance U.S. security while facilitating legitimate travel and trade through U.S. borders. According to the press release, new entry procedures took effect on January 5, 2004 for most foreign visitors with non-immigrant visas at 115 airports and cruise ship terminals at 14 seaports. DHS had been testing the new US-VISIT entry procedures since November 17, 2003 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The press release also states that on January 5, 2004, DHS began a pilot test of exit procedures for departing passengers holding visas. The press release notes that a departure confirmation program using automated kiosks is being tested at Baltimore-Washington International Airport and at selected Miami Seaport cruise line terminals. (DHS press release (dated 01/05/04) available at http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=2731; DHS fact sheet and other information on US-VISIT available at www.dhs.gov/us-visit.)