CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued ACE Portal Accounts and Truck Manifest CSMS messages announcing that as of 8:33 a.m. on May 18, 2008 ACE Portal users were unable to login in. CBP sources state that this problem was fixed on the afternoon of May 18, 2008. (CSMS s 08-000085 & 08-000086, dated 05/18/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/csms.asp)
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1. CBP Fixes May 18th ACE Portal Login Problem
2. CAMIR Amendment 13 Posted
CBP has posted Amendment 13, dated May 2008, to the Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR)-Intermodal document.
According to CBP, Amendment 13 restores the following chapters to the version prior to Amendment 111 (dated April 2008):
| Appendices A, D, G, H, I, K |
1Amendment 11 included five pages of changes to the CAMIR-Intermodal document. (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/17/08 news, 08041740 3, for BP summary of Amendment 11.)
(List of changes in Amendment 13 available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/ams/camir_intermodal/changes/changes_13_0508.ctt/changes_13_0508.doc)
3. CBP Publishes Peanut TRQ Fill Date, Updates Workbook
CBP posted an updated Excel workbook containing history information and the April 3, 2007 fill date for the April 1, 2007 - March 31, 2008 tariff rate quota on certain peanuts for "other countries or areas." (Workbook, posted 05/14/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/quotatariff_fill_rates/12ausn2_peanuts.ctt/12ausn2_peanuts.xls)
4. CBP Publishes Sugar Blends TRQ Close Date, Updates Workbook
CBP posted an updated Excel workbook containing history information and the May 5, 2008 fill date for the fiscal year 2008 TRQ on certain sugar blends for "other countries" except Canada and Mexico. (Workbook, posted 05/14/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/quotatariff_fill_rates/17ausn8_sugar_blends.ctt/17ausn8_sugar_blends.xls)
5. Other CBP Postings and Messages
CBP Philadelphia intercepts Asian beetles. CBP Philadelphia reports that agriculture specialists have intercepted a shipment of Hercules, Rhinoceros and Goliath beetles from Taiwan. (News release, dated 05/14/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/05142008.xml)
CBP posts comment sheet for CAMIR. CBP has posted a comment sheet on the CAMIR-Intermodal document; CBP states that it welcomes suggestions, comments, or corrections to its document. (Comment sheet, posted 05/14/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/ams/camir_intermodal/how_are_we_doing.ctt/how_are_we_doing.doc)
6. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
The antidumping and countervailing messages U.S. Customs Border and Protection issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.
An overview of a number of recent AD/CV messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, are provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)