CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings

March 4, 2009 |Top News

CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota (TRQ) and tariff preference level (TPL) commodity report as of March 2, 2009. 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. (Weekly 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 March 2, 2009

2. Updated TRQ/TPL "Threshold to Fill" List

CBP has posted an updated quick reference to monitor TRQs and TPLs that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections - quotas that are at least 85% filled and quotas that are closed. (List, updated 03/02/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)

3. February & March Versions of Certain ACE CAMIR-Air Documents Posted

CBP has posted February 25, 2009 versions of the following previously issued ACE CAMIR-Air chapter and appendix:

Table of Contents
Appendix C - Cross Reference

CBP has posted March 3, 2009 versions of the following previously issued ACE CAMIR-Air chapters and appendix:

Air AMS Message Types
Message Line Identifiers
Appendix A - Codes

CBP sources have recently explained that it is likely that new versions of previously posted ACE CAMIR-Air documents are revised and that final versions of all ACE CAMIR-Air documents are expected soon. (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/10/08 news, 08121005, for BP summary on the ACE CAMIR-Air documents.) (ACE CAMIR-Air documents available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace_edi_messages/camir_air/)

4. CBP Posts Documents for March TSN Meeting

CBP has posted the following materials related to the March 3-4, 2009 Trade Support Network (TSN) meeting:

TSN Plenary Agenda

ACE Update Presentation (Includes Lacey Act Information)

ACE Status Update Presentation

(Documents, posted 02/26/09 and 02/27/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/trade_support_network/)

5. CBP News Releases

CBP has issued the following news releases:

(News releases, 02/25/09 and 02/26/09, hyperlinked)

6. Other CBP Postings and Messages

Air & Marine fact sheet. CBP has posted a fact sheet on CBP Air and Marine (CBP A&M). (Fact sheet, dated 02/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/marine/air_marine.ctt/air_marine.pdf)

Map of Southwest border fence project. CBP has posted a map following the progress of the Southwest Border Fence Project. (Map, posted 02/27/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/highlights/fence_map.ctt/fence_map.pdf)

7. CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions

The antidumping and countervailing messages CBP 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.)