CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.

1. CBP Announces Changes Regarding HTS Numbers in the QP70 Record

According to CBP, the HTS number in the QP70 record as defined in the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) is as follows: The code located in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTS) that represents the tariff number. Left justify the number and fill any remaining positions with zeros (0). Only the first six digits of the code are mandatory. If the entire 11-digit code is known it should be submitted.

CBP states that these are the only two acceptable formats for the input of the HTS number. According to CBP, if a filer is supplying the six (6) digit number the remaining places must be zero filled. In both cases the number will be validated against the Harmonized Table. (Adm: 05-1148, dated 10/05/05, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-1148.ADM.)

2. Weekly Quota Commodity Report as of October 11, 2005

CBP has issued its weekly quota commodity report as of October 11, 2005. This report includes tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain JFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA and UCFTA TRQs, etc. This report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, CBTPA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (CFTA) tariff preference levels (TPLs) for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly quota commodity report, dated 10/11/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)

3. Normal Operations Resumed at Seattle's Nevada Street Tactical Office

On October 3, 2005, CBP issued an ABI administrative message announcing that full LAN service was restored late on September 30, 2005 to Seattle's Nevada Street Tactical Office and full telephone service was restored on October 1, 2005. As a result, CBP states that normal operations have resumed.

(On September 30, 2005 CBP issued an ABI administrative message announcing that the Tactical Ops Nevada Street Office in Seattle, WA had lost electrical and power lines and that CBP had no estimated time/date of repair.) (October 3, 2005 administrative message Adm: 05-1138 available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-1138.ADM. September 30, 2005 administrative message Adm: 05-1136 available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-1136.ADM.)

4. VOCCs that Have Become Sea AMS Operational

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the following vessel operating common carriers (VOCCs) have become Sea AMS operational:

These messages are availablefrom http://www.brokerpower.net/admin_messages.

5. Air AMS Expansions

CBP has announced the following Air Automated Manifest System (AMS) expansions:

These messages are availablefrom http://www.brokerpower.net/admin_messages/.