CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.

1. Specialty Sugar Periods 5 and 6 Combined

2. New/Modified ACE EDI Messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest

CBP has posted the following new/ modified ACE EDI messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest:

Record of Changes for ANSI X.12 Truck Manifest Data Sets and EDIFACT sets since late update (dated 09/05/06)

ANSI X.12 message sets:

Document AB (dated 09/05/06)

Document AC (dated 09/05/06)

(New/modified ACE EDI messages available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/carrier_info/ace_edi_drafts/edi_messages/ansi_message_sets/rec_changes/ .)

3. September 14 Opening of 180-Day Special Import Quota for Upland Cotton (Announcement Number 23)

CBP has posted to its Web site a notice announcing a "weekly" special import quota of 23,276,125 kg for upland cotton purchased not later than December 12, 2006 and entered under HTS 9903.52.23. The quota period is September 14, 2006 through March 12, 2007; the opening date is September 14, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, or its equivalent in other time zones.

According to CBP, the use of the "special import quota" is at the importer's option and is not subject to the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) in HTS Chapter 52 Additional U.S. Notes (AUSNs) 5 through 10. CBP has previously stated that these 180-day quotas are established pursuant to a 1991 Presidential Proclamation, are "triggered" by high C.I.F Northern European cotton prices, and are provided for in HTS Chapter 99, Subchapter III, U.S. Note 6. (See notice for special instructions concerning the requirement for an original foreign government certificate and a certification by the importer.) (QBT-06-551, dated 09/07/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2006/06_551.ctt/06_551.doc )

4. Various CBP Messages and Web Postings:

Pension Protection Act of 2006. CBP has posted three documents: 1) the entire Pension Protection Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-280), 2) the table of contents for Title XIV - Tariff Provisions, and 3) Sections 1621-1624 regarding certain liquidations and reliquidations. (P.L. 109-280 contains certain DR-CAFTA modifications, temporarily suspends the AD/CV new shipper bonding privilege, amends 19 CFR on wool and vessel repair duties, and makes technical amendments regarding Customs modernization. See ITT's Online Archives or 08/11/06 news, 06081115 for Part I of BP series of summaries of this public law.) These three documents available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/cargo_summary/misc_trade_tech_corrections_act/hr4_misc_trade_tech_corr_act/

ABI-Truck Carrier Outreach Sessions for September 2006. CBP has issued a list of outreach events occurring in September 2006 for truck carriers wanting to learn more about ACE Electronic Truck Manifest. (Adm: 06-1050, dated 09/08/06, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2006/2006-1050.ADM )

5. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions

CBP has issued administrative 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 administrative 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.)

Important! CBP will discontinue issuing administrative messages on AD and CV duty actions effective on approximately September 30, 2006. CBP's AD/CV searchable database on its Web site, http://addcvd.cbp.gov/ , will then be the sole CBP forum for these notices.

The administrative messages listed above are availablefrom http://www.brokerpower.net/admin_messages/ (and can be searched by message number, country, product, etc.).