CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an ABI administrative message announcing that it experienced a problem with the periodic monthly statement process which resulted in: (a) 798 final January 2006 periodic monthly statements being erroneously sent to the trade early in the morning of December 21, 2005, and (b) the periodic daily statement debit authorization (PN) transaction erroneously rejecting debit authorizations for periodic daily statements that belong to a January 2006 periodic monthly statement. In this message, CBP provides answers to numerous questions regarding this situation, including what caused the problem, etc. (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/23/05 news, 05122325, for previous BP summary on this issue.)(Adm: 05-1456, dated 12/22/05, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-1456.ADM.)
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1. CBP Issues Message on December 21, 2005 Periodic Monthly Statement Problem
2. ACS Has Been Updated to Reflect January 1, 2006 AGOA Country Changes
CBP has posted to its Web site a notice on changes to African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) contained in Presidential Proclamation 7970. In Proclamation 7970, President Bush terminated Mauritania's designation as a beneficiary AGOA country so that effective January 1, 2006, products of Mauritania entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption are ineligible to receive preferential tariff treatment under AGOA. CBP notes that Mauritania retains its designation as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). In Proclamation 7970, President Bush also designated Burundi as a beneficiary AGOA country, as well as a lesser developed beneficiary AGOA country. As a result, Burundi may receive benefits under AGOA for eligible goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 2006.
According to CBP, the Automated Commercial System (ACS) has been updated to reflect these AGOA changes.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 12/28/05 news, 05122810, for BP summary of Proclamation 7970.) (CBP notice, dated 12/28/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/international_agreements/agoa_african_growth/agoa_benefits_burundi.xml.)
3. Other Postings to CBP's Web Site
CBP has posted the following to its Web site:
Delayed, staged entry for overshipments of 2005 Belarus quotas. CBP has posted to its Web site a notice on the implementation of delayed, staged entry for 2005 exports of Belarus categories 435, 448, 622, (622L), and (622N) that are in excess of Belarus' 2005 agreed quota limits. CBP states that opening moment procedures will be in effect if these categories embargo between the issuance of its message and January 31, 2006. (See notice for reporting instructions for Belarus categories subject to delayed, staged entry.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/03/06 news, 06010320, for BP summary of CITA notice announcing this delayed, staged entry.)(CBP message, QBT-05-074, dated 12/30/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2005/05_074.ctt/05_074.doc.)
Remote Location Filing contacts. CBP has posted an updated list of remote location filing (RLF) contacts. This list provides the port code, coordinator's name, phone number and fax number for each of the ports listed. (CBP list, posted 12/02/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/cargo_summary/remote_location_filing/RLF_coordinator_list.ctt/RLF_coordinator_list.xls.)
CBP appoints Kathy Conway as new attach in Brussels, Belgium. CBP has posted a press release announcing the appointment of Kathy Conway as the new attach in Brussels, Belgium in support of CBP international border security operations. (CBP press release, dated 12/07/05, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/12072005_2.xml.)
4. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
CBP has issued messages on a number of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty actions, many of which (marked by an * in the action column) were previously published in the Federal Register by the International Trade Administration (ITA) and summarized in International Trade Today.
(The CBP messages marked with an * cover much of the same information as the ITA notices; however, CBP's messages often list the 10-character case number specific to each listed company(s). ITA notices only list the 7-character master case number. In addition, sometimes the master case number for CBP purposes (in parentheses, below, where applicable) differs from the ITA master case number.)
The administrative messages listed above are availablefrom http://www.brokerpower.net/admin_messages/ (and can be searched by message number, country, product, etc.).