CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of June 30, 2008. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly TRQ/TPL commodity report available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
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1. Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Report as of June 30, 2008
2. Updated TRQ/TPL "Threshold to Fill" List
CBP has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor tariff rate quotas and tariff preference levels that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low duty) rate. The list is divided into two sections - quotas that are at least 85% filled and quotas that are closed. (List, posted 06/30/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)
3. CATAIR Amendment 25 Posted
CBP has posted Amendment 25, dated June 2008, to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document. According to CBP, the CATAIR has been amended as follows:
Two chapters deleted - the following two chapters were deleted from the CATAIR, renamed, and are now located in the draft version of the ACE ABI CATAIR:
Add CBPF-5106 to Importer/Consignee File, renamed as Importer/Consignee Create/Update
Query Importer/Bond, renamed Importer/Bond Query
CBP notes that the record layouts and data elements for these chapters remain unchanged.
Updated appendix - CATAIR Appendix A (Cross Reference) was updated to remove data elements from the above chapters.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 06/10/08 news, 08061005, for most recent BP summary on the ACE ABI CATAIR.) (Amendment 25 available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/abi/catair/changes/change_25.ctt/change_25.doc; ACE ABI CATAIR chapters available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/abi_catair/ )
4. Harmonized System Update - Changes to the 2008 HTS
CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing recent changes to the 2008 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HS Update No. 0803), which include the following:
Modifications made as a result of the 484(f) Committee, the Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules. New statistical breakouts have been created, and these changes are effective 07/01/08.
Changes required by the verification of the 2008 HTS (CBP will continue to verify the 2008 HTS for the remainder of the year).
CBP states that updated records are currently available to all ABI participants and can be retrieved electronically via the procedures outlined in the CATAIR.
(CSMS 08-000111, dated 07/01/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17119&page=&srch_argv=08-000111&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
5. Updated "ACE on the Road" Event Schedule
CBP has posted an updated version of its "ACE on the Road" event schedule, which includes the following events:
July 17, 2008 ACE Information Seminar in El Paso, TX - seminar flyerwas also posted. Free.
August 7, 2008 ACE Information Seminar in New Orleans, LA - conference flyerwas also posted. Cost is $25 per person.
Topics for the seminars include the current status of ACE, future releases of ACE, and ACE reports (live demo).
(Schedule, dated 06/30/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace_on_the_road.xml)
6. Other CBP Postings and Messages
CBP official speaks about combating importation of counterfeit goods. CBP reports that Assistant Commissioner Baldwin gave a keynote address at the International Law Enforcement Intellectual Property Crime Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada highlighting how partnerships are an integral part of CBP's strategy to combat the illegal importation of counterfeit goods. (News release, dated 06/26/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/06262008.xml)
NEXUS participant arrest for smuggling MDMA. CBP reports that officers apprehended a U.S. participant in the NEXUS trusted traveler program for smuggling into the U.S. 2.3 pounds of methylenedioxy methamphetamine (MDMA), the principal psychoactive ingredient of the street drug "ecstasy," worth approximately $10,000 at the Peace Arch port of entry. (News release, dated 06/27/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/06272008_2.xml)
Addendum for EA on Tucson West Tower coordinates. CBP posted an addendum to its Tucson West Draft Environmental Assessment on the Tucson West Tower coordinates. (Addendum, posted 06/26/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/border_security/sbi/nepa/tucson_west/draft_ea/ea_section/addendum_coordinates.ctt/addendum_coordinates.pdf)
Border Patrol's Weekly Blotter. CBP has posted the U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter for June 15 - 21, 2008 which provides information on Border Patrol activities during the specified week. (Blotter, dated 06/30/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/weekly_blotter/0615_0621.xml)
Summer travel tips for crossing border in Washington. CBP issued a news release providing summer travel tips for those crossing the border in Washington State. (News release, dated 06/26/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/06262008_2.xml)